Recondensed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Describing the process of converting a substance back into a denser or more compact form by removing gases or liquids ; referring to something reformed into a condensed state after previous expansion or volatility ; indicating the act of reducing volume again to a tightened or compressed condition after initial condensation
2. Relating to the act of transforming a material into a concentrated or compacted state again by cooling or pressure ; signifying the restoration of a previously expanded or dispersed substance into a smaller, denser configuration ; representing the process of making something once more condensed or tightly packed after having been loosened or vaporized
3. Characterizing the procedure of changing a fluid or gas back into a thicker, denser phase through cooling or compression ; pertaining to the act of causing a previously condensed matter to become recompressed or more compressed after re-expansion ; denoting the application of force or removal of heat to re-establish a compacted or condensed state from a less dense form

Etymology: "Recondensed" is the past tense and past participle of "recondense," so it is the form of a verb meaning to condense again. The verb is built from the prefix "re-," meaning "again" or "back," attached to "condense," which comes from the Latin "condensare," meaning to make thick or dense, from "com-" (together, intensive) and "densare" (to make dense, from "densus," thick). The prefix has a complicated route into English. It was inherited from Latin "re-," passed through Old French "re-," and then reached Middle English, where it was used in the same sense. "Condense" arrived in English from Latin in the same general way, so "recondense" is simply a later English combination of two elements that had already been in use for centuries. Its meaning follows directly from those parts: a substance that has been loosened, expanded, or spread out is made dense again.

Synonyms: reconverted, reliquefied, re-solidified