condense

See also: condensé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdɛns/

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• Rhymes: -ɛns

Verb

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

1. (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

   Synonyms: thicken, simplify, (cooking) reduce; see also Thesaurus:compress

   Antonym: dilute

   An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.

   Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     In what shape they choose,
     Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.

   • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

     The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.

2. (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
3. (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

   Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.

Derived terms

• condensability
• condensable
• condensate
• condenseness
• condensery
• condensible
• condensin
• condensing locomotive
• decondense
• polycondense
• recondense

 

Related terms

• condensate (noun)
• condensation
• condenser

 

Translations

to concentrate toward the essence

• Bulgarian: сгъстявам (bg) (sgǎstjavam), концентрирам (bg) (koncentriram)
• Catalan: condensar (ca)
• Dutch: verdichten (nl)
• Finnish: tiivistää (fi)
• French: condenser (fr)
• Galician: condensar
• German: kondensieren (de), verkleinern (de)
• Greek: συμπυκνώνω (el) (sympyknóno)
• Irish: giorraigh
• Italian: condensare (it)
• Japanese: 濃縮する (ja) (nōshuku suru), 凝縮する (ja) (gyōshuku suru)
• Latin: condēnsō
• Russian: сгуща́ть (ru) impf (sguščátʹ), сгусти́ть (ru) pf (sgustítʹ)
• Spanish: condensar (es)
• Turkish: yoğuşmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: конденсува́ти impf or pf (kondensuváty), згу́щувати impf (zhúščuvaty), згуща́ти impf (zhuščáty), згусти́ти pf (zhustýty)

to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state

• Bulgarian: втечнявам (bg) (vtečnjavam)
• Catalan: condensar (ca)
• Dutch: condenseren (nl), neerslaan (nl)
• Finnish: tiivistää (fi), kondensoida
• French: condenser (fr)
• Galician: condensar
• German: kondensieren (de)
• Interlingua: condensar
• Irish: comhdhlúthaigh
• Italian: condensare (it)
• Japanese: 液化する (ja) (ekika suru)
• Portuguese: condensar (pt)
• Romanian: condensa (ro)
• Russian: конденси́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kondensírovatʹ)
• Spanish: condensar (es)
• Swedish: kondensera (sv)
• Tagalog: kintayin, kumintay
• Thai: ควบแน่น (th) (kûuap-nɛ̂n)
• Ukrainian: конденсува́ти impf or pf (kondensuváty)

to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state

• Bulgarian: втечнявам се (vtečnjavam se)
• Catalan: condensar-se
• Dutch: condenseren (nl), neerslaan (nl)
• Finnish: tiivistyä (fi), kondensoitua
• French: se condenser
• Galician: condensarse
• German: kondensieren (de)
• Icelandic: þétta
• Interlingua: condensar
• Irish: comhdhlúthaigh
• Italian: condensarsi
• Japanese: 液化する (ja) (ekika suru)
• Maori: whakatōtā
• Portuguese: condensar-se
• Russian: конденси́роваться (ru) impf or pf (kondensírovatʹsja)
• Spanish: condensarse
• Swedish: kondensera (sv)
• Tagalog: kintayin
• Thai: ควบแน่น (th) (kûuap-nɛ̂n)
• Ukrainian: конденсува́тися impf or pf (kondensuvátysja)

Adjective

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
   • 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:

     The huge condense bodies of planets.

References

• “condense”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “condense”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: condensent, condenses

Verb

condense

1. inflection of condenser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

condense

1. inflection of condensar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

condense f

1. plural of condensa

Anagrams

• censendo

Latin

Adjective

condēnse

1. vocative masculine singular of condēnsus

Portuguese

Verb

condense

1. inflection of condensar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

condense

1. inflection of condensar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative