the act of condensing; the state of being condensed.
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the result of being made more compact or dense.
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reduction of a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter or terser form; abridgment.
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a condensed form: Did you read the whole book or just a condensation?
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a condensed mass.
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(in nontechnical usage) condensate.
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the act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form.
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Chemistry. a reaction between two or more organic molecules leading to the formation of a larger molecule and the elimination of a simple molecule such as water or alcohol.
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Meteorology. the process by which atmospheric water vapor liquefies to form fog, clouds, or the like, or solidifies to form snow or hail.
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Psychoanalysis. the representation of two or more ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses by one word or image, as in a person's humor, accidental slips, or dreams.
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Physics. the relative amount by which the density of an elastic medium varies from its average value as a sound wave passes through it.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < LL condénsātiōn- (s. of condénsātiō), equiv. to condénsāt(us) condensate+ -iōn--ion]
An abridgement 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.
condensationAudio Help (kŏn'dən-sā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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.
Con`den*sa"tion\, n. [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.
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