condensed
reduced in volume, area, length, or scope; shortened: a condensed version of the book.
made denser, especially reduced from a gaseous to a liquid state.
thickened by distillation or evaporation; concentrated: condensed lemon juice.
Printing. (of type) narrow in proportion to its height.: Compare expanded (def. 3).
Origin of condensed
1Other words from condensed
- con·densed·ly, adverb
- con·densed·ness, noun
- non·con·densed, adjective
- un·con·densed, adjective
- well-con·densed, adjective
Words Nearby condensed
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How to use condensed in a sentence
Boiling indoors is never a good solution, as every surface will soon be covered with condensed water.
Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | February 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceTheir typical areas of research include building models for condensed matter physics, viral evolution and population dynamics, not epidemiology or public health.
The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic | Jordana Cepelewicz | January 28, 2021 | Quanta MagazineWhy the NBA is considering a condensed offseason and a December start dateThe 40-year-old Smith is a lifelong Utah resident and a longtime Jazz fan.
The Utah Jazz will have a new owner for the first time in 35 years | Ben Golliver | October 28, 2020 | Washington Post“This is the first time we can really claim that room-temperature superconductivity has been found,” said Ion Errea, a condensed matter theorist at the University of the Basque Country in Spain who was not involved in the work.
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time | Charlie Wood | October 14, 2020 | Quanta MagazineNone of the sound speeds previously measured in a variety of liquids and solids surpass the proposed limit, condensed matter physicist Kostya Trachenko and colleagues found.
Fundamental constants place a new speed limit on sound | Emily Conover | October 9, 2020 | Science News
The story condensed almost too perfectly to headline-sized subtlety: Mary Poppins With a Camera.
Politico posted a condensed version of the brief, and I shared the byline with Ilya.
My Reverse-Cyrano Moment Wooing the Supreme Court | P. J. O’Rourke | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the light condensed and dwindled I contemplated my ill planning.
Two Chickens, an Old Guitar, and a Group of Strangers: A Life-Changing Feast in Brazil | Annabel Langbein | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is an edited and condensed transcript of our conversation.
Sunday Q&A: Josef Joffe on the Myth of American Decline | Michael Moynihan | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat follows is a condensed, edited version of the interview.
The Man Who Made America: Simone Winchester Talks New Book | Eric Herschthal | October 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn length there was no alteration, but the design seems more condensed, more compact, yet slightly wider in the opening.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickThe greatest part of the waste steam is condensed in heating the water to fill the boiler; what escapes is a mere nothing.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickAnd there he waited in that hot gray cloud that pressed to the roof where it condensed and fell like warm rain.
It is, in fact, watery vapour drawn from the air next the surface of the ocean, and condensed in its ascent through the tube.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerLong lectures may be given upon elocution, but the advice can be condensed into two directions.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for condensed
/ (kənˈdɛnst) /
(of printers' type) narrower than usual for a particular height: Compare expanded (def. 1)
botany designating an inflorescence in which the flowers are crowded together and are almost or completely sessile
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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