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- verb Present participle of
condense .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of increasing the density of something
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Examples
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We were also interested in condensing narrative, of finding forms which would enable us to carry as many narratives as possible in as short a space.
Ballardian » ‘Der Visionär des Phantastischen’: An Interview with J.G. Ballard 2008
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The phenomenon is still not understood at the molecular level although histone modifications, binding of specific chromatin condensing proteins (HP1), and DNA methylation all play important roles46.
Advanced Information: The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006
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I don't, however, see anything specifically conservative in the message George offered that day (which I'm condensing from a thirty-minute portion of our conversation).
The Organization Kid 2001
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I don't, however, see anything specifically conservative in the message George offered that day (which I'm condensing from a thirty-minute portion of our conversation).
The Organization Kid 2001
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But in condensing the allegory into the word analogy, neither the material nor the spiritual dare be sacrificed.
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Then she used the phone's "notes" feature to quickly type a few words or a phrase condensing an idea or reaction that she noticed.
Macworld John Cox 2010
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The effort in condensing the views of bloggers and then conveying her’s in an objective manner is simple brilliant.
Global Voices in English » Indian Elections ‘09: On the Black Money trail 2009
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This cistern was termed the condensing cistern, and the pipe could be brought over each steam vessel alternately from the boiler.
Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects Earl of Caithness John Sutherland Sinclair
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"The period is a long one for so small a book, but Mr. Hutton has the gift not of condensing, which is not required, but of selecting the essential events and vividly characterizing them."
The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 1907
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Peter spent a few days in there recording the sounds of the place (and interviewing the staff and customers) with the idea of condensing the recordings down into some kind of representation of the flow of a Louis 'day.
Drowned In Sound // Feed Andrzej Lukowski 2010
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