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单词 recondense
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recondensev.

Brit. /ˌriːkənˈdɛns/, U.S. /ˌrikənˈdɛns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, condense v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + condense v. Compare French recondenser (reflexive; 1380 in Middle French as recondempser).
1. transitive. To cause (a vapour or other substance) to condense again. Usually in passive.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > be or become humid [verb (intransitive)] > fall or be deposited as condensed vapour > again
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > render humid or expose to vapour [verb (transitive)] > condense moisture > again
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1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 29 Whatever, therefore, the Schools dotingly prattle concerning vapours elevated from the stomack, and recondensed in the brain, as the material Cause of Catarrhs; let all passe for a Christmasse tale.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 117 The Ayr is recondensed again into its natural and ordinary Consistence.
1830 B. Silliman Elements Chem. I. i. ii. 97 A great part of the ether will be recondensed, and the vapor will be formed anew on raising the tube.
1876 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. 565 The chemical action is, as usual, attended with heat, which vaporizes some of the benzol, but the cold lid re-condenses the vapour.
1995 A. D. Foster Life Form i. 17 Steam carouseled ceilingward, sucked out through recycling vents to be recondensed and reused.
2. intransitive. To condense again; esp. to become liquid again after evaporation.
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1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds 77 Make water to evaporate..and as it cools, it recondenseth [Fr. se recondense] there into water.
1763 A. Macbean tr. G. Rothe Synopsis Chem. i. iii. 42 Distillation properly denotes the driving over, by means of Heat, the aqueous, oily and spirituous volatile Parts..so as afterwards to re-condense and collect together into Drops.
1821 Ann. Philos. New Ser. 2 374 Supposing of course that no part of the evaporated vapour recondenses on the water.
1879 Chambers's Encycl. (U.S. repr.) VI. 269 Removing the vapor which would otherwise recondense on the descent of the piston.
1949 Biol. Bull. 97 335 It is probable that most of these constricted nuclei would recondense.
1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 319/2 These light components are transported to the steam front, where they recondense and mix with the oil bank to form a solvent slug.
2003 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan.–Feb. 73/2 Allow the engine to cool off, so the vaporized fuel in the lines can re-condense.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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