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Meaning of 'condensation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Condensation [ n.]
- The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.
- The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.
- A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.

Meaning of 'condensation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . condensation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
Example in sentence:
  • the contraction of a gas on cooling

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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