condense
part of speech
verb (condense, condenses, condensed, condensing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To condense is for a gas to turn into a liquid when it cools, as steam turns into water drops. tree →
2) To condense something is to make it thicker by removing water, like condensed milk. tree →
3) To condense a piece of writing is to make it shorter while keeping the main ideas. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and the water cycle: water evaporates from seas and lakes, the water vapour rises, cools and condenses into tiny drops that make clouds, which then fall as rain (precipitation). Condensation is why a cold glass gets wet on the outside, a bathroom mirror steams up, and your breath makes mist on a cold day. In English, condensing notes means summarising. Phrases: «condense into», «condensed milk», «condense on».
examples
- He endeavors to show how the ideal became, after numerous emanations, more condensed, palpable and concrete. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Air, Vayu ; then Water, Apas, which condenses into solid elementary Earth, Prithivi ; and lastly from the Water He formed Fire. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- 27) The author endeavors to show how the creative divine word became more condensed and how a new series of productions came out of three elements. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Water vapour condenses into droplets on a cold window. tree →
- Clouds form when water vapour condenses. tree →
- Steam from the shower condenses on the mirror. tree →
- Evaporate, condense, precipitate — that's the water cycle. tree →
- Your breath condenses into a mist on a frosty morning. tree →
- The drink can was cold, so water condensed on the outside. tree →
- Condense your notes into five key points. tree →
- Condensed milk is thick and sweet. tree →
- I have considerably condensed and modified the somewhat Babu English of the original. tree →
note
Regular verb: condensed. Noun: condensation. Condensing is the opposite of evaporating. Myth: the water on a cold glass does not leak through the glass; it comes from the air.
In the corpora
- You see your breath on a frosty morning because the warm vapour in it condenses into tiny droplets in the cold air.
- A cold can gets wet on the outside because water vapour from the air condenses on it; it is not leaking.
- A cold can gets wet outside because water vapour in the air condenses into droplets on the cold metal.
- Dew forms when water vapour in the air condenses on cool grass at night.
- Air cools as it rises, so water vapour condenses high up into clouds.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «condense» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.