densify

[den-suh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

densified, densifying 

1. to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.

Other Word Forms

• densification noun
• densifier noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of densify¹

First recorded in 1810–20; dense + -ify

Example Sentences

The city of Los Angeles is launching a new initiative to encourage the construction of starter homes on small lots, an effort to provide relatively lower-cost for-sale housing and show how Los Angeles can densify without turning into Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times

The prototype comes out of four decades of research on designing a centrifugal bioreactor to rapidly densify and expand cells, led by Chemical Engineering Professor Bernie Van Wie, Kaiphanliam's advisor and a co-author on the paper.

From Science Daily

Densify accused Palo Alto, California-based VMware's vROps, vSphere and other software of infringing patents covering "virtualization" technology that enables multiple computer systems to run on a single server.

From Reuters

The verdict, made public Tuesday, said VMware willfully violated Densify's patent rights with its software for optimizing "virtual machines" used in cloud computing.

From Reuters

Representatives for Densify did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

From Reuters

Related Words

• abbreviate 
• constrict 
• cram 
• restrict 
• shorten 
• shrink 
• squeeze 
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