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condense

[kuhn-dens] / kənˈdɛns /


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Aerosols act like tiny seeds around which water vapour can condense, making some clouds brighter or longer-lived.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The clouds, which have been observed during wildfires in Canada and Australia, are created by intense heat that lifts hot smoky air and causes the water vapor to condense into ash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

But in the freezing environments surrounding rogue planets, carbon dioxide would eventually condense and lose much of its warming ability.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

"It can't create rain where there is no moisture in the air, but it just 'forces' some of the water to condense in one location rather than another," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

Sometime after the expansion begins, galaxies condense and are carried outward on the surface of the hypersphere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The method captures the balance between water vapor produced as air rises and water vapor removed as it condenses onto droplets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

“Management sees a broader market” once the company condenses its bulky, rack-mounted systems into smaller chips in a few years, he wrote.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Rising water vapor condenses into droplets and ice crystals that become electrically charged, eventually producing large voltage differences between clouds or between clouds and the ground.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

Tule fog forms when heat escapes from the ground on clear, calm nights, and moisture in the air condenses into a low-lying mist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

When pressure in the reactor gets too high, a safety valve opens and allows steam to escape into the torus, where it condenses back into water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The Pentagon this year condensed more than 200 religious affiliation codes to 31, initially eliminating specific classifications for atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans, among others.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

His script is remarkably faithful to the book, just condensed for efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As that material condensed, tiny magnetic minerals could have recorded the strength of the surrounding field.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Given the condensed nature of the games, there is going to be a fair degree of rotation from Slovenia away, to Switzerland at home, to North Macedonia away and Slovenia at home.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

She had a bundle of wood blocks which she had bought for two cents, a can of condensed milk and three bananas in a bag.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

"Not only have we been able to clear the view, but we can finally pin down what the clouds are made out of and how they're condensing and evaporating as they move around the planet."

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

Instead, like a still condensing sugar-saturated slop into a refined liquor, this downsizing concentrates the force of his images, shifting the mood from one of frivolity to seriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The Ombudsman also found the commission "limited the possibility of its departments to provide meaningful input" by condensing internal consultations into "less than 24 hours over a weekend".

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

Veragon says its units, which use the cooling and condensing system, cost between $60,000 and $70,000.

From BBC ● May 27, 2024

The train is full of rain-soaked people, steam rising off their clothes and condensing on the windows.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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