Synonyms of the word

condensation

• n. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed.
• n. The state of being condensed.
• n. (physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
• n. The condensate so formed.
• n. (chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

abridgement

• n. (chiefly Britain) Alternative form of abridgment.

abridgment

• n. (US) The act of abridging; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation.
• n. (US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
• n. (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
• n. (obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
• n. (dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.

action

• n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
• n. A way of motion or functioning.
• n. A fast-paced activity.
• n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
• n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
• n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
• n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
• n. (military) Combat.
• n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
• n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
• n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
• n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
• n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
• n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
• interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
• v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
• v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

capsule

• n. (physiology) A membranous envelope.
• n. (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants,…
• n. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
• n. A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
• n. (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
• n. (dialectal, Britain, Suffolk) A weasel.
• n. (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form.
• n. (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the…
• n. (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
• n. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
• n. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
• v. (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
• v. (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

compressing

• v. present participle of compress.

compression

• n. An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
• n. (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
• n. (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
• n. (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
• n. (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.

condensate

• n. (physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
• n. (chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction.
• n. (physics) Any of various condensed quantum states.
• v. (uncommon) To condense.
• adj. (obsolete) Made dense; condensed.

condensing

• v. present participle of condense.

contraction

• n. A reversible reduction in size.
• n. (economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
• n. (biology) A shortening of a muscle when it is used.
• n. (medicine) A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
• n. (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such…
• n. (English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the…
• n. (medicine) Contracting a disease.
• n. (phonetics) Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
• n. The acquisition of something, generally negative.
• n. (medicine) A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.

shrinkage

• n. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
• n. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
• n. (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.

shrinking

• v. present participle of shrink.
• n. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

sum-up

• n. A summary.

summary

• adj. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.
• adj. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
• adj. (law) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
• n. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.