Definitions for condensation
condensation
con·den·sa·tion
Spelling: [kon-den-sey-shuh n, -duh n-]
IPA: /ˌkɒn dɛnˈseɪ ʃən, -dən-/
Condensation is a 12 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.
You can make 1126 anagrams from letters in condensation (acdeinnnoost).
Definitions for condensation
noun
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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:
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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 of condensation
1595-1605; Late Latin condēnsātiōn- (stem of condēnsātiō), equivalent to condēnsāt(us) condensate + -iōn- -ion
Examples for condensation
It is really a condensation of the facts, as the trail is shortened where uninteresting.
Yet more, this condensation is accompanied by the disengagement of heat.
As a speaker and writer, his principal need was condensation.
Rarefaction and condensation by instruments were also tried, but in vain.
The boric acid material is recovered by a process of condensation.
Evaporation and condensation, woods and glaciers, have all been brought into play.
A tale must aim at condensation, but a bore acts in solution.
He was too profuse indeed with his facts: he had not the art of condensation.
There was a condensation in the Nearer Rim for a second bearing.
Exhale on the cold pane, then draw a ladybug in the condensation.