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Condense vs Collimator - What's the difference?

condense | collimator |

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

* condence

Verb

  • To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
  • An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
    Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
  • To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
  • * Milton
  • In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
  • * Motley
  • The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
  • (chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
  • Synonyms

    * (to decrease size or volume) minify

    Antonyms

    * extend * magnify

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
  • The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.
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    collimator

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia collimator) (en noun)
  • (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
  • Anagrams

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