Crossword clues for condensing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Condense \Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.]
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To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
--Milton.The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
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(Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.
Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.
Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of condense English)
WordNet
n. the act of increasing the density of something [syn: condensation]
Wikipedia
Condensing may refer to:
- Condensation
- Condensing steam locomotive
- Condensing boiler
- Condensing osteitis
Usage examples of "condensing".
When the matter was allowed to expand again, the phase energy of the decomposing superforce, released like heat from condensing steam, was used to expel Chiron matter in a rocket action.
She was touching him as if he were a dream condensing out of firelight, cherishing him in a hushed silence that was itself another kind of caress.
With an expression of yearning, she lowered the camera and watched the elegant ship sail into the condensing night.
They showed me what to do, I did it, and when I saw the image condensing out of nothing on that little piece of cardboard, the hair on my neck lifted.
Without thinking about the past or the future, she reached out to him, unable to bear the thought that she had added to the sum of darkness in him, to the cold condensing like winter in his soul.
The headlights of the cars had a subtle nimbus now, telling of moisture rapidly condensing hi the air, forerunner of the city's famous fog.
He walked stiffly, cursing the pain and the memories, haunted by desert scents condensing around him as delicately and relentlessly as time itself.
He had known many such times, days inevitably changed by condensing darkness, cool scented winds sweeping down from water-rich heights.
Within the haze, thicker streamers of clouds were condensing as he watched.
It was like an idea for a weaving condensing in her mind – very real and absolutely irrational.
The form of the spiral nebulæ seems to be entirely inconsistent with the theory of an originally globular or disk-shaped nebula condensing around a sun and throwing or leaving off rings, to be subsequently shaped into planets.
Some of the more distant stars scattered around the ``whirlpool'' look as if they too had been shot out of the mighty vortex, afterward condensing into unmistakable solar bodies.
It is held by the supporters of this theory that the attraction of the giant Jupiter was sufficient to prevent the small, nebulous ring that gave birth to the asteroids from condensing like the others into a single planet.
I imagined the nova's lethal energy thudding into the material, condensing into harmless sheets of Xeelee construction material.
He wore a pale gold skin suit beaded with drops of condensing moisture.