densify

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verb

To make (more) dense.

“Some space missions cool the propellant to almost freezing to densify it, so they can fit more fuel and oxidizer in the tanks.”

OriginProto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English dense →
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Meanings

verbdensify (third-person singular simple present densifies, present participle densifying, simple past and past participle densified)

present singular third person densifies · participle present densifying · participle past densified · past densified

  1. transitiveTo make (more) dense.

    Some space missions cool the propellant to almost freezing to densify it, so they can fit more fuel and oxidizer in the tanks.

    1 more example

    This primary control network [of triangulation stations] was densified by the addition of 2,695 secondary control stations, 12,236 tertiary control stations and 7,032 fourth order control stations.

    2018, A Guide to Coordinate Systems in Great Britain, Southampton: Ordnance Survey, page 29
  2. intransitiveTo become (more) dense.

Origin

  1. Englishdense
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*θakos
  4. Englishdensify

From dense + -ify.

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APA

densify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/densify

MLA

“densify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/densify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “densify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/densify.

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