<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of condensing; the state of being condensed.</li><li>the result of being made more compact or dense.</li><li>reduction of a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter or terser form; abridgment.</li><li>a condensed mass.</li><li>the act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form.</li><li>a reaction between two or more organic molecules leading to the formation of a larger molecule and the elimination of a simple molecule such as water or alcohol.</li><li>the process by which atmospheric water vapor liquefies to form fog, clouds, or the like, or solidifies to form snow or hail.</li><li>the representation of two or more ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses by one word or image, as in a person's humor, accidental slips, or dreams.</li><li>the relative amount by which the density of an elastic medium varies from its average value as a sound wave passes through it.</li></ul>