- the act of condensing, as the reduction of a gas to a liquid or the abridgment of a piece of writing
- the product of such an act: to read a condensation of a novel
- the condition of being condensed
Origin of condensation
Late Latin condensatio
Condensation on a window.
- 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.
The definition of condensation is the act of shortening or reducing something to make it more concise.
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condensation
noun
- The act of condensing.
- The state of being condensed.
- An abridgment or shortening of something, especially of a written work or speech.
- Physics a. The process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid.b. The liquid so formed.
- Chemistry A chemical reaction in which water or another simple substance is released by the combination of two or more molecules.
- Psychology 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.
Related Forms:
- con′den·sa′tion·al
adjective
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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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Noun
(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
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condensation - Medical Definition
n.
- The act of condensing.
- The state of being condensed.
- An abridgment or shortening of something, especially of a written work or speech.
- Physics
- The process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid.
- The liquid so formed.
- Chemistry A chemical reaction in which water or another simple substance is released by the combination of two or more molecules.
- Psychology 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.
Related Forms:
- con′den·sa′tion·al
adj.
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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.
- The formaldehyde at once undergoes a process of condensation oi- polymerization by the protoplasm of the plastid, while the hydrogen peroxide is said to be decomposed into water and free oxygen by another agency in the cell, of the nature of one of the enzymes of which we shall speak later.
- 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).
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