Condense vs Collimator - What's the difference?
condense | collimator |
To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
* Milton
* Motley
(chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
(physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
(physics) A similar device that produces a parallel beam of particles such as neutrons.
(astronomy) A small telescope attached to a larger one, used to point it in the correct general direction
As a verb condense
is to decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.As an adjective condense
is condensed; compact; dense.As a noun collimator is
an optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.condense
English
Alternative forms
* condenceVerb
- An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
- Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
- In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
- The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
Synonyms
* (to decrease size or volume) minifyAntonyms
* extend * magnifyAdjective
(en adjective)- The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.
