To make something more compact or concentrated; to change from gas to liquid state; to express something in fewer words while retaining meaning. Implies compression without loss of essential content.
From Latin 'condensare' meaning 'to make thick or dense' (con- 'together' + densus 'thick, dense'). The physical science meaning developed in the 17th century with advances in understanding of matter states, while the literary meaning of summarization emerged later.
The root 'densus' gives us both 'dense' and 'density'—so condensing literally means 'bringing together into thickness'! Whether it's water vapor becoming droplets or a 500-page report becoming a 5-page summary, you're always packing more into less space.
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