condensation
The act or process of condensing or of being condensedThe act or process of condensing or of being condensed.
» Evaporation is the reverse of condensation.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or process of condensing or of being condensed.
Kondensation
сгуще́ниеsguščénije, уплотне́ниеuplotnénije
the act of increasing the density of something
(countable, uncountable)The state of being condensed.
(countable, physical, uncountable)The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
Kondensation
конденса́цияkondɛnsácija
The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
(countable, physical, uncountable)The accumulation of water due to contact between the air's water vapour and a cold surface such as a glass, window, wall, etc.
Condensation is a challenge that has to be carefully planned for in home-building, to avoid problems such as mould and structural damage.
(countable, uncountable)The condensate so formed.
(countable, uncountable)The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.
конденса́цияkondɛnsácija
(countable, uncountable)A process in which several thoughts, wishes, memories, or associations are combined into a single image, idea or dream element.
(countable, uncountable)A condensed work; an abridged version or compendium.
a shortened version of a written work
(countable)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.
Examples
7 sentencesEvaporation is the reverse of condensation.
The windows are misted up with condensation.
deDie Fenster sind beschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Rivulets of condensation ran down the draughty windows.
deAn den zugigen Fenstern rann Kondenswasser herunter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom grabbed a squeegee to wipe the condensation off the windshield.
But because the humidifier is on all night, in the morning the condensation pours off the windows.
deAber weil der Luftbefeuchter die ganze Nacht an ist, läuft am Morgen Kondenswasser von den Fenstern. — samueldora
Translations
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Origin
From condense + -ation, borrowed from Latin condēnsātiō, condēnsātiōnem.From condense + -ation, borrowed from Latin condēnsātiō, condēnsātiōnem.
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Forms
plural: condensations| Singular | condensation |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- a shortened version of a written work:abridgementabridgmentcapsule
- atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold:condensate
- the act of increasing the density of something:condensing
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together:compressioncontraction
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
35 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable