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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 condensing
 (adj.)凝縮的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·dense v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensed p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.]
 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
 In what shape they choose,
 Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.   --Milton.
    The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.   --Motley.
 2. Chem. & Physics To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
 Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.
 Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.
 Syn: -- To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 condensing
      n : the act of increasing the density of something [syn: condensation]