condensate
English
Etymology
Morphologically condense + -ate.
Pronunciation
- (noun, verb) IPA(key): /ˈkɒndənseɪt/
Audio (UK) (file) - (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈkɒndənseɪt/, /ˈkɒndənsət/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
condensate (plural condensates)
- (physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
- (chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction.
- (physics) Any of various condensed quantum states.
Derived terms
- Bose-Einstein condensate
- fermionic condensate
- ghost condensate
- subcondensate
Translations
product of condensation
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Verb
condensate (third-person singular simple present condensates, present participle condensating, simple past and past participle condensated)
- (transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To condense.
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon
- As they say a little critical learning makes one proud; if there were more it would condensate and compact itself into less room
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon
Adjective
condensate (comparative more condensate, superlative most condensate)
- (obsolete) Made dense; condensed.
- 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman
- Water […] thickened or condensate.
- 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for condensate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Italian
Verb
condensate
- inflection of condensare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
condensate f pl
- feminine plural of condensato
Anagrams
- ascondente, nascondete, secondante, standocene
Latin
Verb
condēnsāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of condēnsō