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Condense v. t. (past & past part. condensed; pres. part. condensing)

To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. "In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure." "The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation."

(Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.

Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.

Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.

Synonyms: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.

Condense v. i.

To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. "Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit."

(Chem.)

(a)

To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.

(b)

To undergo polymerization.

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— A History of English Literature • Robert Huntington Fletcher

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— Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures • Edgar Franklin

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... contested. He was many times disappointed in the workings of his own machines, and was obliged to throw away pieces of machinery from which he had expected much, while with others he had perfect success. His experiments finally resulted in his invention of the condensing engine. Now, he struggled for years, through poverty and every imaginable difficulty, to make a practical application of his improvements, doing work as a surveyor in ...

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