to condense
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4.2
- verb
- /kənˈdɛns/
:
condensarse
- Slowly, the brightness of the screen condenses into a smaller light source.
- condensed matter
- condensed milk
- condensed gas
All of this will condense, cool, and combine with any nearby atoms.
- All of this will condense, cool, and combine with any nearby atoms.
- And the next lecture will be on why gas is condensed.
- I was once in a room so hot and crowded that our sweat condensed on the ceiling and rained back down.
- And so you have lots of minerals that the tree brings up in that SAP and they get condensed down when you're making your syrup.
- If you take matter and condense it to a point, he could solve the space-time around that.
- You see, it's me becoming more me, and then because I'm living in this dimension of time and space, it condenses itself and shows up it's form.
- This condensate now fills the entire universe, but it was only when the Higgs field condensed that particles acquired masses.
Examples
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The door opened, emitting a waft of warm air that condensed into fog.
Fiction book (1998) -
A wrap of mist condensed on their clothing, coating them in a fine glaze.
Fiction book (2000) -
All of this will condense, cool, and combine with any nearby atoms.
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Out here closer to the ocean, a fine drizzle had started to condense out of the fog.
Fiction book (1999) -
In either case, the atoms in condensed forms of matter are driven closer together.
Academic text (1998) -
As the water is heated, it forms water vapor, which condenses on the pane.
Academic text (1998) -
If the warm air rises, it cools and moisture condenses into clouds reaching as high as 10 miles into the atmosphere and a storm is born.
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Drops plopped against the pane, rolled and stretched out, then condensed to form a grey fog.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the temperature dropped at night, the steam from the street began to condense into small water droplets.
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When you cool the steam in the kettle, it will condense and turn back into liquid water.
Synonyms
83
4.4
To make a liquid thicker by removing water
18
4.4
To change a solid or gas into a liquid, often by heating
3
3.8
Cook a liquid until much of its water goes away and it becomes thicker
Make a solid melt so it can flow
To make something into a liquid by heating or blending
Antonyms
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word condense comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and densus 'thick', the same root as the English word dense. So when steam or breath cools and condenses, its parts come 'together' and form 'thick' drops of liquid.