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condensed

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con·dense  (kn-dns)
v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es
v.tr.
1. To reduce the volume or compass of.
2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten.
3. Physics
a. To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.
b. To remove water from (milk, for example).
v.intr.
1. To become more compact.
2. To undergo condensation.

[Middle English condensen, from Old French condenser, from Latin condnsre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dnsre, to thicken (from dnsus, thick).]

con·densa·bili·ty n.
con·densa·ble, con·densi·ble adj.

condensed [kənˈdɛnst]
adj
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (of printers' type) narrower than usual for a particular height Compare expanded [1]
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany designating an inflorescence in which the flowers are crowded together and are almost or completely sessile
3. (Chemistry) Chem designating a polycyclic ring system in a molecule in which two rings share two or more common atoms, as in naphthalene Also fused
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condensed
adjective
1. abridged, concentrated, compressed, curtailed, potted, shortened, summarized, slimmed-down, encapsulated I also produced a condensed version of the paper.
2. concentrated, reduced, thickened, boiled down, precipitated (Chemistry) condensed milk
Translations
condensed [kənˈdɛnst] adj
(= abridged) [version, book] → condensé(e)
(= concentrated) [soup, liquid] → concentré(e) condensed milk
condensed milk nlait m concentré


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I have in this edition largely condensed and corrected some parts, and have added a little to others, in order to render the volume more fitted for popular reading; but I trust that naturalists will remember, that they must refer for details to the larger publications which comprise the scientific results of the Expedition.
"Sancho," said Don Quixote, "thou hast delivered a thousand sentences condensed in the compass of a few words; I thank thee for the advice thou hast given me, and take it most gladly.
The question shot like lightning across a tumultuous sky; and suddenly the clouded horror of my mind condensed into a vivid realisation of my own danger.
 
 
 
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