condensation

condensation

English

Etymology

condense +‎ -ation, borrowed from Latin condēnsātiō, condēnsātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.dɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

condensation (countable and uncountable, plural condensations)

1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
2. The state of being condensed.
   • 1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: Great Western. By Cecil J. Allen, Ian Allan. 2s 6d.”, in Modern Railways, page unnumbered:

     This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.

3. (physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
4. The condensate so formed.
5. (chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

   Synonym: dehydration synthesis

   Antonym: hydrolysis

6. (psychology) when a single idea (an image, memory, or thought) or dream object stands for several associations and ideas.

Derived terms

• anticondensation
• autocondensation
• Claisen condensation
• cocondensation
• condensational
• condensation point
• condensation product
• condensation reaction
• condensation trail
• cryocondensation
• cyclocondensation
• Darzens condensation
• decondensation
• Dieckmann condensation
• Dodgson condensation
• hypercondensation
• photocondensation
• polycondensation
• quasicondensation
• recondensation
• selfcondensation
• supercondensation

 

Translations

the act or process

Bulgarian: сгъстяване (bg) n (sgǎstjavane), уплътняване n (uplǎtnjavane) Catalan: (please verify) condensació f Danish: kondensation ? Dutch: condensatie (nl) f Finnish: tiivistäminen (fi), kondensointi (of condensing); tiivistyminen (fi), kondensoituminen (of being condensed) French: condensation (fr) f German: Kondensation f Hawaiian: kōkaha Icelandic: þétting f Irish: comhdhlúthú m Italian: condensazione (it) f Japanese: 凝縮 (ja) (ぎょうしゅく, gyōshuku) Latin: condēnsātiō f Malay: pemeluwapan, kondensasi (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: kondensasjon m, kondensering m or f Nynorsk: kondensasjon m, kondensering f Persian: چگالش‎ (fa) (čegāleš), میعان‎ (fa) (maya'ān) Polish: kondensacja (pl) f Portuguese: condensação (pt) f Romanian: condensare (ro) f Russian: сгуще́ние (ru) n (sguščénije), уплотне́ние (ru) n (uplotnénije) Spanish: condensación (es) f Swedish: kondensation (sv) c Vietnamese: sự ngưng tụ

state

Finnish: kondensaatio Norwegian: Bokmål: kondens m Nynorsk: kondens m Polish: kondensacja (pl) f

physics: conversion of a gas to a liquid

Bulgarian: втечняване n (vtečnjavane) Chinese: Mandarin: 凝結／凝结 (zh) (níngjié) Dutch: condensatie (nl) f Finnish: tiivistyminen (fi), kondensoituminen French: condensation (fr) f German: Kondensation f Greek: συμπύκνωση (el) f (sympýknosi) Hawaiian: kōkaha Indonesian: kondensasi (id) Italian: condensazione (it) f Japanese: 結露 (ja) (ketsuro) Norwegian: Bokmål: kondensasjon m Nynorsk: kondensasjon m Polish: skraplanie (pl) n, kondensacja (pl) f Portuguese: condensação (pt) f Russian: конденса́ция (ru) f (kondɛnsácija) Spanish: condensación (es) f Tagalog: sakintay

condensate — see condensate

chemistry, the reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water

Bulgarian: кондензация f (kondenzacija) Chinese: Mandarin: 縮合／缩合 (zh) (suōhé) French: déshydratation (fr) f, condensation (fr) f Japanese: 縮合 (しゅくごう, shukugō) Malay: kondensasi (ms) Polish: kondensacja (pl) f Russian: конденса́ция (ru) f (kondɛnsácija)

Anagrams

• nonsonicated

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin condēnsātiō, condēnsātiōnem. Equivalent to condenser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -jɔ̃
• Homophone: condensations

Noun

condensation f (plural condensations)

1. (all senses) condensation

Related terms

• condenser

Further reading

• “condensation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.