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Webster 1913 Edition
Condensation
Conˊden-sa′tion
,Noun.
[L.
condensatio
: cf. F. condensation
.] 1.
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.
He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and
condensation
. Macaulay.
2.
(Physics)
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.
3.
(Chem.)
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.
Condensation product
(Chem.)
, a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
– Surface condensation
, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water.
Webster 1828 Edition
Condensation
CONDENSATION
,Adj.
Definition 2024
condensation
condensation
English
Noun
condensation (plural condensations)
- The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
- The state of being condensed.
- (physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
- The condensate so formed.
- (chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.
Translations
the act or process
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state
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physics: conversion of a gas to a liquid
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condensate — see condensate
chemistry, the reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water
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Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -jɔ̃
- Homophone: condensations
Noun
condensation f (plural condensations)
- (all senses) condensation.