Densate

/ˈdɛnseɪt/ verb

Definition

To make something dense or denser; to compress or thicken something.

Etymology

From Latin densus (thick, close) + -ate (suffix forming verbs). Densate is a technical or rare verb used especially in scientific contexts to describe the process of increasing density.

Kelly Says

You won't hear 'densate' in everyday speech, but physicists and engineers use it precisely—when you compress a gas into a liquid, you're densating it, and in chemistry the process of densation changes everything about how molecules interact.

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