condensation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONDENSATION

a shortened version of a written work <a condensation of the opinion issued by the state's supreme court>

Synonyms abbreviation, bowdlerization, condensation, digest

Related Words abstract, aperçu, brief, capsule, outline, overview, précis, recap, recapitulation, résumé (or resume also resumé), review, sketch, sum, summarization, summary, summation, survey, syllabus, synopsis, tabloid, wrap-up

Near Antonyms amplification, elaboration, enlargement, expansion

the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing <a staff employed in the condensation of magazine articles>

Synonyms compacting, compaction, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, squeeze, squeezing, telescoping

Related Words abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, shortening; concentration, consolidation; simplification, streamlining; decreasing, diminishment, lessening

Near Antonyms dilation, dispersion, dissipation, scattering; distension (or distention), inflation, swelling

Antonyms decompression, expansion

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