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/kənˈdens/,
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condensed, past participle; condensed, past tense; condenses, 3rd person singular present; condensing, present participle;
  1. Make (something) denser or more concentrated
    • - the limestones of the Jurassic age are condensed into a mere 11 feet
  2. Express (a piece of writing or speech) in fewer words; make concise
    • - he condensed the three plays into a three-hour drama
  3. (in word processing) (of character spacing) reduced

  4. Change or cause to change from a gas or vapor to a liquid
    • - the moisture vapor in the air condenses intodroplets of water
    • - the cold air was condensing his breath
  1. the act of increasing the density of something
  2. (condensed) The state of having been condensed; highly concentrated
  3. (condensed) Any version of a font where the width of the letters, numbers and symbols is reduced in comparison to the standard form of the same font.
  4. (Condensed) a style of typeface in which the characters have a vertically elongated appearance.
  5. (CONDENSED) When the set width of a font has been shortened, the font will be more narrow-allowing more characters to fit on any given line length. Fonts should be condensed by using a true “condensed” version of a typeface. ...
  6. (Condensed) A type design variation with less than normal set; thus a tightly spaced font.
  7. (Condensed) Made to become thicker or more closely packed together. Steam condenses to water when it returns to a liquid temperature state (less than 100 degrees C).
  8. (Condensed) Type that is narrow in width proportionate to its height.
  9. (Condensed) reduced to a denser form by removing moisture.
  10. (condensed (adj: c@n 'dEnst)) Of a typeface, one that is narrower than the basic design. Drawn condensed typefaces are tuned to avoid the distortion of stems and curves that occurs if a typeface is mechanically condensed.
  11. (condensed) The length of line required to set the alphabet of small, or lowercase, pica letters is 13 ems. If this alphabet takes less than 13 ems, it is said to be a condensed face.
  12. Condensed or Outline designs consist of outline data. The Outline data defines the shapes of blocks, stitch types, density, underlay settings etc.. These designs are more freely resizable because the stitch engine can process the blocks at the new size easier than a stitch processor can. ...
  13. The operation of dividing the wide sheet of cotton FIBERS coming from the DOFFING CYLINDER of the CARDING MACHINE into a number of narrow ribbon-like strands which, when acted upon by the leather belts and rollers of a CONDENSER, are formed into loose heavy strands (called ROVING) ready for ...
  14. (kuhn DENSS ing) — gas turning into liquid
  15. Compressing a line of text as in computerized engraving, so as to reduce its width without affecting its height.
  16. These units are super efficient with some designs reaching AFUEs of up to 97 percent. Unlike conventional forced air furnaces, condensing units capture most of the water vapor and heat contained in hot flue gases that would normally escape up the chimney. ...