n. | 1. | The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed. | ||||||
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.
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Noun | 1. | condensation - (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams |
2. | condensation - the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state | |
3. | condensation - atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold Synonyms: condensate | |
4. | condensation - the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" Synonyms: compression, contraction | |
5. | condensation - a shortened version of a written work | |
6. | condensation - the act of increasing the density of something Synonyms: condensing |