densify
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make or become denser.
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to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
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Statistics. to fill in gaps in a visualization of data by various strategies, such as combining data from different sources or using calculations to project intervening data between established data points.
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As they see it, we just need to densify even more of the city to finally allow supply to catch up with demand.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
Jacquet explained that, during the 14th and 15th centuries, the city began to densify, and buildings began to multiply, particularly in the Vieux Lyon neighborhood, which abuts the River Saône.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
We’ve done better on the device side, but with infrastructure, you have to densify the network.
From The Verge ● Jan. 11, 2022
The former dean of the architecture school, Jean-Claude Marsan, argued for the university to densify its existing campus rather than build a second one, out of fears the new campus wouldn’t be economically viable.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2019
"You should be able to make ball bearings by molding, then densify them by electroplating."
From Junior Achievement by John Schoenherr
“They want to be socially distanced, but they can’t, because we’re not allowed to reduce capacity because of COVID. We are required to teach in fully densified classrooms.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
The densified propellant “provides greater propellant margin for increased reliability,” the company said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2018
And densified wood has another leg up on carbon-fiber composites: It does not require expensive adhesives that also can make components difficult, if not impossible, to recycle.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2018
But densified wood tends to weaken and spring back toward its original size and shape, especially in humid conditions.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2018
An object is but an idea externalised and densified.
From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Annie Wood Besant
“It’s kind of a losing battle, especially when you keep densifying your chips,” said Tearse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
“Because we’re simply drying, densifying, and encapsulating, it doesn’t need to be a particular ash content or heating level or anything like that.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
“You're talking about densifying development and putting public parking literally a foot away from critical habitat,” Gann says.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 7, 2023
“By enabling all of us to play an even more important role in this critical supply chain and densifying our southern network, we are accelerating sustainable, profitable growth,” Robinson said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
It was as though the gradual densifying of this belt of woodland country had culminated upon the hill.
From The Hound From The North by Charles Livingston Bull
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