condensing

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A form of condense — To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of condense

    In Russia, where experiments on a considerable scale have been made with condensing, the railways have the considerable advantage of a loading gauge 17 ft. high (the biggest in the world), as compared with the British 13 ft. or slightly over.

    1946 January and February, “The Why and The Wherefore: Condensing Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 62

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of increasing the density of something

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