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n-den-ser] 
| 1. | a person or thing that condenses. |
| 2. | an apparatus for condensing. |
| 3. | any device for reducing gases or vapors to liquid or solid form. |
| 4. | Optics. a lens or combination of lenses that gathers and concentrates light in a specified direction, often used to direct light onto the projection lens in a projection system. |
| 5. | Electricity. capacitor. |
[kuh-pas-i-ter] | a device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric. |
ca·pac·i·tor (kə-pās'ĭ-tər)  (click for larger image in new window) n. An electric circuit element used to store charge temporarily, consisting in general of two metallic plates separated and insulated from each other by a dielectric. Also called condenser. |
| con·dens·er (kən-děn'sər) n.
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condenser con·dens·er (kən-děn'sər)
n.
An apparatus for cooling a gas in order to convert it to to a liquid.
An instrument for packing a material into a cavity of a tooth.
The simple or compound lens on a microscope that is used to focus light on the specimen under observation.
