condensed

[ kuhn-denst ]

adjective

1. reduced in volume, area, length, or scope; shortened:

   a condensed version of the book.

2. made denser, especially reduced from a gaseous to a liquid state.
3. thickened by distillation or evaporation; concentrated:

   condensed lemon juice.

4. Printing. (of type) narrow in proportion to its height. Compare expanded ( def 3 ).

condensed

/ kənˈdɛnst /

adjective

1. (of printers' type) narrower than usual for a particular height Compare expanded
2. botany designating an inflorescence in which the flowers are crowded together and are almost or completely sessile
3. Also calledfused chem designating a polycyclic ring system in a molecule in which two rings share two or more common atoms, as in naphthalene

Other Words From

• con·densedly adverb
• con·densedness noun
• noncon·densed adjective
• uncon·densed adjective
• well-con·densed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of condensed¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; condense + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate

Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate

Their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate

“Let’s Fly” exhibition, are striped, spotted, shaped like doughnuts and light up in the night sky like condensed, dirigible versions of Ugo Rondinone’s “Seven Magic Mountains” sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times

ProPublica condensed more than 800 pages of Crain’s medical records into a four-page timeline in consultation with two maternal-fetal medicine specialists; reporters reviewed it with nine doctors, including researchers at prestigious universities, OB-GYNs who regularly handle miscarriages, and experts in emergency medicine and maternal health.

From Salon

Related Words

• concise