condensation
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.dɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/
The English word “condensation” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act or process of condensing or of being condensed.
- The state of being condensed.
- The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
- The accumulation of water due to contact between the air's water vapour and a cold surface such as a glass, window, wall, etc.
- The condensate so formed.
- The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.
- A process in which several thoughts, wishes, memories, or associations are combined into a single image, idea or dream element.
- A condensed work; an abridged version or compendium.
- For a given directed graph G, a directed acyclic graph with one vertex for each strongly connected component of G, and an edge connecting pairs of components that contain the two endpoints of at least one edge in G.
Etymology
From condense + -ation, borrowed from Latin condēnsātiō, condēnsātiōnem.
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More English words
- condemningly
- condensability
- condensable
- condensate
- condensation point
- condensation product
- condensation reaction
- condensation trail
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