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densify

verb

Etymology

From dense + -ify.

  1. derived from *dens-✻
  2. derived from dēnsus
  3. derived from dense
  4. suffixed as densify — “dense + ify”

Definitions

  1. To make (more) dense.

    • Some space missions cool the propellant to almost freezing to densify it, so they can fit more fuel and oxidizer in the tanks.
    • This primary control network [of triangulation stations] was densified by the addition of 2,695 secondary control stations, 12,236 tertiary control stations and 7,032 fourth order control stations.

  2. To become (more) dense.

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