Condensation meaning

kŏn'dĕn-sā'shən, -dən-
The process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid.
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The definition of condensation is the act of shortening or reducing something to make it more concise.

Combining two images into one is an example of condensation.

A shortened version of a speech is an example of condensation.

An example of condensation is water droplets on a window that form when humid air comes into contact with a cold surface.

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The act of condensing, as the reduction of a gas to a liquid or the abridgment of a piece of writing.
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The condition of being condensed.
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The act of condensing.
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The act of condensing.
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The state of being condensed.
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The liquid so formed.
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The product of such an act.

To read a condensation of a novel.

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An abridgment or shortening of something, especially of a written work or speech.
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A chemical reaction in which water or another simple substance is released by the combination of two or more molecules.
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The process by which a single symbol or word is associated with the emotional content of several, not necessarily related, ideas, feelings, memories, or impulses, especially as expressed in dreams.
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The state of being condensed.
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An abridgment or shortening of something, especially of a written work or speech.
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A chemical reaction in which water or another simple substance is released by the combination of two or more molecules.
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The process by which a single symbol or word is associated with the emotional content of several, not necessarily related, ideas, feelings, memories, or impulses, especially as expressed in dreams.
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The process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid.
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The liquid so formed.
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The change of a gas or vapor to a liquid, either by cooling or by being subjected to increased pressure. When water vapor cools in the atmosphere, for example, it condenses into tiny drops of water, which form clouds.
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The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.
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(physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid; the condensate so formed.
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(chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.
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Sentence Examples

  • She wrote her name in the condensation on the side of her tea glass.

  • Malonic acid, as well as its esters, is characterized by the large number of condensation products it can form.

  • Like Anaximenes, he believed air to be the one source of all being, and all other substances to be derived from it by condensation and rarefaction.

  • Pinner, Ber., 1892, 25, p. 1624): / NH N C?CsH 5 2C61 - 15 C +(CH 3 C0) 2 0 -> C6H5 C N; NH 2 N :C?CH3 or by the condensation of aromatic nitriles with acid chlorides in the presence of aluminium chloride (Eitner and Krafft, Ber., 1892, 25, p. 2263).

  • As a literary composition they do not rank very high, which may be due partly to the author's years, partly to the inequality of his sources, sometimes superabundant, sometimes defective, partly perhaps to the somewhat hasty condensation of his original draft.

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