Condensible

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Able to be compressed or reduced into a denser, more compact state, such as a gas turning into a liquid
2. Capable of being made more concentrated or squeezed into less space through pressure or cooling
3. Describing a substance or material that can be shrunk into a smaller volume or converted into a condensed form

Etymology: "Condensible" is a plain formation: it combines "condense" with the suffix "-ible," meaning able to be done or capable of being. Something condensible is therefore capable of being condensed, that is, of being turned from a gas or vapour back into a liquid or made denser and more compact. The suffix "-ible" comes from Latin "-ibilis," which attached to verb stems to mark possibility, so the adjective simply extends the verb "condense" in that sense. The verb itself derives from Latin "condensare," meaning to make thick or dense, built from "com-" (together, intensive here) and "densare" (to make thick), from "densus" (dense).

Synonyms: condensable