The operation of dividing the wide sheet of cotton FIBERS coming from the DOFFING CYLINDER of the CARDING MACHINE into a number of narrow ribbon-like strands which, when acted upon by the leather belts and rollers of a CONDENSER, are formed into loose heavy strands (called ROVING) ready for SPINNING.
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condense, condenses, condensing, condensed 1. To lose heat and change from a vapor into a liquid, or to make a vapor change to a liquid. 2. To make something, especially a food, denser by removing water, or become denser in this way. 3. To reduce the length of a text by removing unnecessary words or passages or by expressing the content more conc... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/631/