condensedadj.
/kənˈdɛnst/ 1. Made dense or more dense; compressed, highly concentrated.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid > by compaction or compression
compressedc1374
compacta1398
hard-pressed1562
compacted1598
condensed1606
compress1647
constipated1647
confert1661
clotted1674
noddena1864
tabloid1890
1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei 656 Darke and condensed Cloudes..where Rayne, Hayle, and other watry Meteors are made.
1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica xviii. 117 A School-man is the Ghost of the Stagirite, in a Body of condensed Air.
1836 Examiner 17 Apr. 255 (advt.) Condensed Preparation of Sarsaparilla.
1869 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. (new ed.) ii. 17 Ozone is oxygen in a condensed state.
2. spec. Reduced from the gaseous or vaporous to the liquid or solid state, or from the state of invisible gas to that of visible vapour.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > that emits or relating to moist vapour > condensed into liquid
congealed1661
condensed1833
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vi. 66 The windows, thickened with the condensed breath of the workpeople.
1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) i. 13 Steam and condensed gases.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator ii. 82.
3. figurative. Put into small compass, highly compressed, compact; esp. of literary work or style.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > compressed
contract1561
cutted1565
curtal1579
contracted1595
astrict1631
compressed1822
condensed1823
syncopated1897
capsule1938
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. p. vi Results presented in a condensed and lucid form.
1830 Jeffrey in Trevelyan Macaulay (1876) I. iv. 193 Macaulay made the best speech, the most condensed.
1886 J. Morley H. Martineau in Crit. Misc. III. 208 A pithy brevity, a condensed argumentativeness.
Compounds
condensed milk n. milk reduced to a thick viscid consistence by evaporation.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > condensed milk
condensed milk1863
1863 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 177 We buy condensed milk of the sutlers.
1868 Brit. Pat. 3928 4 In preserving milk it is preferred first to condense it..and then to charge the condensed milk with gas in a vessel completely air-tight.
1871 Food Jrnl. Jan. 655 Plain condensed milk, without the addition of the sugar.
1871 Evening Stand. 25 Nov. 1/3 [A history of Condensed Milk].
1957 P. G. Wodehouse Over Seventy xix. 182 Don't run away with the idea that the Swiss do nothing but yodel and make condensed milk.
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condensed score n. Music = compressed score n. at compressed adj. 1b.
condensed type n. Printing a form of type, narrow in proportion to its height.
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > condensed
clarendon1848
compressed type1875
condensed type1891
1891 N.E.D. at Condensed Mod. Type List. Eight line Grotesque Condensed Old Style. Long Primer Latin condensed.
Derivatives
conˈdensedness n. condensed quality.
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