Definitions for condenser

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condenser con·dens·er

Spelling: [kuh n-den-ser]

IPA: /kənˈdɛn sər/

Condenser is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 346 anagrams from letters in condenser (cdeennors).

Definitions for condenser

noun

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.

Origin of condenser

First recorded in 1680-90; condense + -er¹

Examples for condenser

The first condenser vessel was an improvised syringe and a tin can.

It is recommended that each ship be given its own condenser.

I'm sure they'll be interested in finishing the condenser for me.

At what temperature must the condenser be maintained to produce a given humidity?

Sometimes a condenser is used in connection with the blower and the air is recirculated.

When the meteor pierced the turbine, the water in the condenser began to boil.

Roger shut off the engine and followed by the others, he darted to the condenser.

This knob here controls a condenser, and this one a transformer.

At R is the condenser relief, at U the relief valve for the water chambers.

A few miles more, and—joy unspeakable—I found a condenser and a camp.