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condense

verb
/kənˈdɛns/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.

  1. derived from condēnsō
  2. borrowed from condenser

Definitions

  1. To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby…

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

    • An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
    • Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
    • In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.

  2. To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Condensed

      Condensed; compact; dense.

      • The huge condense bodies of planets.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at condense. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at condense. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at condense

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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