Condensability(n.) Capability of being condensed.
Condensable(a.) Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable.
Condensate(v. t.) Made dense; condensed.
Condensate(v. t.) To condense.
Condensated(imp. & p. p.) of Condensate
Condensating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condensate
Condensation(n.) The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.
Condensation(n.) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.
Condensation(n.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.
Condensative(a.) Having the property of condensing.
Condense(a.) Condensed; compact; dense.
Condense(v. i.) To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
Condense(v. i.) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
Condense(v. i.) To undergo polymerization.
Condense(v. t.) To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
Condense(v. t.) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
Condensed(imp. & p. p.) of Condense
Condenser(n.) One who, or that which, condenses.
Condenser(n.) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape.
Condenser(n.) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.
Condenser(n.) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.
Condenser(n.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
Condenser(n.) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine.
Condensible(a.) Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.
Condensing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condense
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