Kamus SABDA Mobile
Bahasa Indonesia English

Found 1 definition: condense.

condense top

Pos: Verb (transitive)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb condense has 7 senses

1.  condense(v = verb.change) distil, distill - undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
is one way to flux, liquefy, liquify
Derived forms noun condensate2, noun condensation2
Sample sentences: The water condenses

2.  condense(v = verb.change) concentrate, digest - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
is one way to abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
Derived forms noun condensation5, noun condenser4
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

3.  condense(v = verb.change) - remove water from; "condense the milk"
is one way to
remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derived forms noun condensation6, noun condensation4, noun condensing1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  condense(v = verb.change) - cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam"
is one way to
change integrity
Derived forms noun condensate2, noun condensation3, noun condensation2, noun condenser3, noun condenser2, noun condensing1
Sample sentences: They condense the water

5.  condense(v = verb.change) - become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"
is one way to
deepen, intensify
Derived form noun condensation4
Sample sentences: Something ----s

6.  condense(v = verb.change) - develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"
is one way to
arise, come up
Derived forms noun condensation6, noun condensing1
Sample sentences: Something ----s

7.  condense(v = verb.change) concentrate, contract - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun condensation4
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

condense, v. t. [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.].

1.  To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. [1913 Webster]
"In what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
" [1913 Webster]
"The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation." [1913 Webster]

2.  To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. [1913 Webster]

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.
Syn. -- To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.

condense, v. i.

1.  To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. [1913 Webster]
"Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit." [1913 Webster]

2.  To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. [1913 Webster]


condense, a. [L. condensus.].

   Condensed; compact; dense. [1913 Webster]
"The huge condense bodies of planets." [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

condense, v.
1 tr. make denser or more concentrated.
2 tr. express in fewer words; make concise.
3 tr. & intr. reduce or be reduced from a gas or solid to a liquid.

Idiom:
condensed milk milk thickened by evaporation and sweetened.

Derivative:
condensable adj.

Etymology:
F condenser or L condensare (as com-, densus thick)


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Conciseness

VB  be concise, condense, abridge, abstract, come to the point.


Compendium

VB  abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize, make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract, recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up, abbreviate, condense, compile.


Contraction

VB  become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.


Density

VB  be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.


Fluidity

VB  be fluid, flow, liquefy, melt, condense.


Liquefaction

VB  render liquid, liquefy, run, deliquesce, melt, solve, dissolve, resolve, liquate, hold in solution, condense, precipitate, rain.