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| 1. | the act of condensing; the state of being condensed. |
| 2. | the result of being made more compact or dense. |
| 3. | reduction of a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter or terser form; abridgment. |
| 4. | a condensed form: Did you read the whole book or just a condensation? |
| 5. | a condensed mass. |
| 6. | (in nontechnical usage) condensate. |
| 7. | the act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form. |
| 8. | 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. |
| 9. | Meteorology. the process by which atmospheric water vapor liquefies to form fog, clouds, or the like, or solidifies to form snow or hail. |
| 10. | 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. |
| 11. | Physics. the relative amount by which the density of an elastic medium varies from its average value as a sound wave passes through it. |

condensation con·den·sa·tion (kŏn'děn-sā'shən, -dən-)
n.
The act of making more solid or dense. Also called compression.
The process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid.
The liquid formed when a gas is condensed.
The psychological process by which a single symbol or word is associated with the emotional content of a group of ideas, feelings, memories, or impulses, especially as expressed in dreams.
The dental process of packing a filling material into a cavity.