condensation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.dɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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, Cecil J. Allen, Ian Allan, “New Reading on Railways: Great Western”, in Modern Railways, 2s 6d., unnumbered page:

     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, physical chemistry) 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.
7. A condensed work; an abridged version or compendium.
   • 1982 April 17, Beth Cookson, “Gaay Students Prominent At Med Association Meeting”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

     LGPIM has […] loaned the 45-minute condensation of Word is Out to over 16 medical schools.

Derived terms

• aldol condensation
• anticondensation
• autocondensation
• Claisen condensation
• cocondensation
• condensational
• condensation point
• condensation product
• condensation reaction
• condensation trail
• contrail
• cricondentherm
• cryocondensation
• cyclocondensation
• Darzens condensation
• decondensation
• Dieckmann condensation
• Dodgson condensation
• Doebner condensation
• evapocondensation
• hypercondensation
• Knoevenagel condensation
• noncondensation
• overcondensation
• pericondensation
• photocondensation
• polycondensation
• quasicondensation
• recondensation
• selfcondensation
• supercondensation
• Ullmann condensation
• ultracondensation

 

Translations

the act or process

• Afrikaans: kondensasie
• Bulgarian: сгъстяване (bg) n (sgǎstjavane), уплътняване n (uplǎtnjavane)
• Catalan: 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) (čegâleš), میعان (fa) (maya'ân)
• 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)
• Catalan: condensació f
• 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
• Swedish: kondensation (sv) c, kondensering (sv) c
• 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 (ja) (しゅくごう, shukugō)
• Malay: kondensasi (ms)
• Polish: kondensacja (pl) f
• Russian: конденса́ция (ru) f (kondɛnsácija)

Anagrams

• nonsonicated

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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.