densify

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English dense Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English densify From dense + -ify.

1. To make (more) dense.

   “Some space missions cool the propellant to almost freezing to densify it, so they can fit more fuel and oxidizer in the tanks.”

   “This primary control network [of triangulation stations] was densified by the addition of 2,695 secondary control stations, 12,236 tertiary control stations and 7,032 fourth order control stations.”

2. To become (more) dense.