condensed
Americanadjective
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reduced in volume, area, length, or scope; shortened.
a condensed version of the book.
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made denser, especially reduced from a gaseous to a liquid state.
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thickened by distillation or evaporation; concentrated.
condensed lemon juice.
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Printing. (of type) narrow in proportion to its height.
adjective
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(of printers' type) narrower than usual for a particular height Compare expanded
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botany designating an inflorescence in which the flowers are crowded together and are almost or completely sessile
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Also called: fused. chem designating a polycyclic ring system in a molecule in which two rings share two or more common atoms, as in naphthalene
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Etymology
Origin of condensed
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; condense + -ed 2
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Portions of their conversation are excerpted below, edited and condensed for clarity.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Decades of scientific progress could be condensed into years, accelerating drug discovery, disease detection, and the delivery of personalized therapy.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Near the water-ice boundary, ice could evaporate as temperatures changed, releasing water vapor that later condensed again in cooler regions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Here a condensed and edited excerpt of my conversation with Sodipo:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
In The Annotated Mona Lisa 25,000 years of art history have been condensed into 208 pages in order to quickly provide some of the necessary skills and knowledge.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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