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condensed 音標拼音: [kənd'ɛnst] a. 濃縮[凝結] 的;扼要的 濃縮[凝結] 的;扼要的 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}.] 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. [ 1913 Webster] In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. -- Motley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( 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. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
condensed \ condensed\ adj. 1. ( Psychol) representing two or more ideas or emotions by a single symbol; as, a condensed expression of various feelings and ideas. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. shortened by rewriting with fewer words; -- used of texts; as, a condensed book. Opposite of { unabridged}. Syn: abridged. [ WordNet 1. 5 PJC] 3. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, condensed milk. Opposite of { uncondensed}. Syn: concentrated[ 5]. [ WordNet 1. 5] 4. narrower than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Opposite of { expanded}. [ WordNet 1. 5] 109 Moby Thesaurus words for " condensed": Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed, bobtail, bobtailed, brief, brusque, canned, capsule, capsulized, clamped, clipped, close, close- knit, close- textured, close- woven, compact, compacted, compendious, compressed, concentrated, concise, concrete, congested, consolidated, constricted, contracted, crammed, crammed full, cramped, crisp, cropped, crowded, curt, curtailed, cut, cut short, dense, digested, docked, elided, elliptic, epigrammatic, firm, gluey, gnomic, hard, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, jam- packed, jammed, knitted, laconic, massive, mowed, mown, nipped, nonporous, packed, pinched, pinched- in, pithy, pocket, pointed, pollard, polled, potted, pruned, puckered, pursed, reaped, reserved, sententious, serried, shaved, sheared, short, short and sweet, short- cut, shortened, snub, snubbed, solid, solidified, squeezed, strangled, strangulated, substantial, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse, thick, thick- growing, thickset, tight, to the point, trimmed, truncated, viscid, viscose, viscous, wasp- waisted, wrinkled
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