<B>concuss, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to shake or shock, as by a blow. <BR> <I>Ex. At the very outset he was caught by an avalanche, and was left concussed, frostbitten, snow-blind, and delirious (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=coerce.</B> </DL>
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<B>concussion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sudden violent shaking; shock. <BR> <I>Ex. The concussion caused by the explosion broke many windows. The concussion started jeroboams and nebuchadnezzars of champagne popping in the ... wine cellars (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an injury to the brain or spine from a blow or fall or other shock. <BR> <I>Ex. He suffered a severe concussion when he fell off the bicycle. Heads hitting against the ground, knees or helmets accounted for four fatal concussions (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>concussion grenade,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hand grenade with a light container, designed to injure by concussion rather than fragmentation, so that the thrower need not take cover from his own weapon. <BR> <I>Ex. The Americans retaliated with tear gas and concussion grenades which stun but do not kill (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>concussive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or accompanied by concussion. </DL>
<A NAME="concutient">
<B>concutient, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> meeting with concussion; colliding with a shock. </DL>
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<B>concyclic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(of a series of points) lying on the circumference of one circle. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of certain quadric surfaces) giving circular sections when cut by the same system of parallel planes. </DL>
<B>condemn, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to express strong disapproval of. <BR> <I>Ex. We condemn cruelty to animals.</I> (SYN) denounce, censure. <DD><B> 2. </B>to pronounce guilty of crime or wrong. <BR> <I>Ex. The prisoner is sure to be condemned by the jury.</I> (SYN) convict. <DD><B> 3. </B>to sentence; doom. <BR> <I>Ex. The spy was condemned to death.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to suggest the guilt of; show to be guilty. <BR> <I>Ex. His own words condemn him.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to declare not sound or suitable for use. <BR> <I>Ex. This bridge has been condemned because it is no longer safe. The milk of the sick cows was condemned.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(U.S.) to take for public use under special provision of the law. <BR> <I>Ex. All these streets have been condemned by the city to make room for the new expressway.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) to assign to an unhappy or unpleasant fate or condition. <BR> <I>Ex. condemned in business or in arts to drudge (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Figurative.) to declare incurable. <BR> <I>Ex. No man considers himself richer because he is condemned by his physician (John Ruskin).</I> adj. <B>condemnable.</B> noun <B>condemner.</B> adv. <B>condemningly.</B> </DL>
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<B>condemnation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of condemning. <BR> <I>Ex. the condemnation of an unsafe bridge.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the fact or condition of being condemned. <BR> <I>Ex. His condemnation made him an outcast.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a cause or reason for condemning. </DL>
<B>condemned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> pronounced guilty of a crime or wrong. </DL>
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<B>condensability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being condensable. </DL>
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<B>condensate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a product of condensation. <BR> <I>Ex. The experts estimated that oil, condensate, gas and sulphur in the underwater coastal areas are worth conservatively about $41,492,650,000 (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>condensation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of condensing. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps unequalled master of the arts of selection and condensation (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being condensed. <DD><B> 3. </B>a condensed mass. A cloud is a condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere. <DD><B> 4. </B>the act or process of changing a gas or vapor into a liquid by cooling. <BR> <I>Ex. the condensation of steam into water. Condensation begins first on solid surfaces because these get colder than the general mass of air (Thomas A. Blair).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Chemistry.) a reaction in which two or more molecules unite to form a larger, more dense, and more complex molecule, often with the separation of water or some other simple substance. <BR> <I>Ex. the condensation of milk by removing most of the water from it.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Physics.) <DD><B> a. </B>an increase in density and pressure in a medium, such as air, due to the passing of a sound wave or other compression wave. <DD><B> b. </B>the region in which this occurs. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Psychoanalysis.) the process by which images characterized by a common effect are grouped so as to form a single or composite image, as in dreams. </DL>
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<B>condensational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or belonging to condensation. </DL>
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<B>condensation nucleus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Meteorology.) a particle upon which water vapor condenses; nucleus. <BR> <I>Ex. Condensation nuclei ... originate chiefly from combustion processes ... and, to a certain extent, from ocean spray (Neuberger and Stevens).</I> </DL>
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<B>condensation trail,</B> <B>=contrail.</B></DL>
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<B>condensative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to condense. </DL>
<A NAME="condensator">
<B>condensator, </B>noun. <B>=condenser.</B></DL>
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<B>condense, </B>verb, <B>-densed,</B> <B>-densing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make denser or more compact. (SYN) compress, contract. <DD><B> 2. </B>to increase the strength of; concentrate. <BR> <I>Ex. Light is condensed by means of lenses.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to put into fewer words; say briefly. <BR> <I>Ex. A long story can sometimes be condensed into a few sentences.</I> (SYN) reduce, shorten. <DD><B> 4. </B>to change (a gas or vapor) to a liquid. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Chemistry.) to cause to undergo condensation. <BR> <I>Ex. Milk is condensed by removing much of the water from it.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become denser or more compact. <BR> <I>Ex. Each [theory] starts from the notion that stars condense from the matter scattered thinly through interstellar space (W. H. Marshall).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to change from a gas or vapor to a liquid. If steam touches cold surfaces, it condenses into water. <BR> <I>Ex. If it is cloudy, rainy, or foggy, the water vapor in the air is condensing (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Chemistry.) to undergo condensation. adj. <B>condensable,</B> <B>condensible.</B> </DL>
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<B>condensed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>made dense or more dense; highly concentrated; compressed. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) expressed briefly. <BR> <I>Ex. a condensed version of the novel.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>changed from a gas or vapor to a liquid. <DD><B> 4. </B>(of printing type) narrower than usual in proportion to the height. adv. <B>condensedly.</B> </DL>
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<B>condensed milk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a thick, sweetened milk prepared by evaporating some of the water from whole milk and sweetening it. </DL>
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<B>condenser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that condenses something. <DD><B> 2. </B>a device for receiving and storing a charge of electricity; capacitor. A condenser generally consists of two conducting surfaces separated by a nonconductor. The current flowing into the condenser accumulates in the nonconductor (the dielectric) as a charge. <DD><B> 3. </B>an apparatus for changing gas or vapor into a liquid. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Optics.) a strong lens or lenses for concentrating light upon a small area. <DD><B> 5. </B>an apparatus for condensing or compressing air. </DL>
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<B>condensery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-series.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place where condensed milk is produced. </DL>
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<B>condensity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>condensed form or character. <DD><B> 2. </B>conciseness. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) density. </DL>
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<B>condescend, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to come down willingly or graciously to the level of one's inferiors in rank. <BR> <I>Ex. The king condescended to eat with the beggars.</I> (SYN) deign, stoop. <DD><B> 2. </B>to grant a favor with a haughty or patronizing attitude. <BR> <I>Ex. The colonel's wife finally condescended to visit the sergeant's sick wife.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to stoop or lower oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. The policeman would not condescend to taking a bribe.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to give one's consent; yield; acquiesce. noun <B>condescender.</B> </DL>
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<B>condescendence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=condescension.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(in Scots law) a specification of particulars of a plaintiff's claim. </DL>
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<B>condescending, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>stooping to the level of one's inferiors. <DD><B> 2. </B>haughty or patronizing. adv. <B>condescendingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>condescension, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>pleasantness to one's inferiors in rank. <DD><B> b. </B>an instance of this. <DD><B> 2. </B>a haughty or patronizing attitude. </DL>
