condenser

[ kuhn-den-ser ]

/ kənˈdɛn sər /

noun

a person or thing that condenses.

an apparatus for condensing.

any device for reducing gases or vapors to liquid or solid form.

Optics. a lens or combination of lenses that gathers and concentrates light in a specified direction, often used to direct light onto the projection lens in a projection system.

Electricity. capacitor.

Origin of condenser

First recorded in 1680–90; condense + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM condenser

in·ter·con·dens·er, noun

Words nearby condenser

condense, condensed, condensed matter, condensed-matter physics, condensed milk, condenser, condensing osteitis, condescend, condescendence, condescending, condescension

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Example sentences from the Web for condenser

Indeed, the labor required by the condenser had increased to such a degree that I had scarcely any respite from exertion.
The Literary World Seventh Reader|Various
An air-pump and condenser, H, is seen under the steam-cylinder.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
From the condenser tubes being foul for lack of being cleaned.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose
A condenser is merely a gap in an otherwise conducting circuit.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills

Mr. Robins extended his hand curiously toward the condenser knob, and immediately the music died away.
The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass|Allen Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for condenser

condenser

/ (kənˈdɛnsə) /

noun

an apparatus for reducing gases to their liquid or solid form by the abstraction of heat
a device for abstracting heat, as in a refrigeration unit

a lens that concentrates light into a small area

another name for capacitor

a person or device that condenses

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for condenser

condenser

[ kən-dĕn′sər ]

n.

An apparatus for cooling a gas in order to convert it to to a liquid.

An instrument for packing a material into a cavity of a tooth.

The simple or compound lens on a microscope that is used to focus light on the specimen under observation.

Scientific definitions for condenser

condenser

[ kən-dĕn′sər ]

An apparatus used to condense vapor, usually using cooling or pressurization.

See capacitor.

A mirror, lens, or combination of lenses used to gather light and direct it upon an object or through a projection lens.

单词	condenser
释义	condenser [ kuhn-den-ser ] / kənˈdɛn sər / noun a person or thing that condenses. an apparatus for condensing. any device for reducing gases or vapors to liquid or solid form. Optics. a lens or combination of lenses that gathers and concentrates light in a specified direction, often used to direct light onto the projection lens in a projection system. Electricity. capacitor. Origin of condenser First recorded in 1680–90; condense + -er¹ OTHER WORDS FROM condenser in·ter·con·dens·er, noun Words nearby condenser condense, condensed, condensed matter, condensed-matter physics, condensed milk, condenser, condensing osteitis, condescend, condescendence, condescending, condescension Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for condenser Indeed, the labor required by the condenser had increased to such a degree that I had scarcely any respite from exertion. The Literary World Seventh Reader\|Various An air-pump and condenser, H, is seen under the steam-cylinder. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine\|Robert H. Thurston From the condenser tubes being foul for lack of being cleaned. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II\|Joshua Rose A condenser is merely a gap in an otherwise conducting circuit. Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son\|John Mills Mr. Robins extended his hand curiously toward the condenser knob, and immediately the music died away. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass\|Allen Chapman British Dictionary definitions for condenser condenser / (kənˈdɛnsə) / noun an apparatus for reducing gases to their liquid or solid form by the abstraction of heat a device for abstracting heat, as in a refrigeration unit a lens that concentrates light into a small area another name for capacitor a person or device that condenses Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for condenser condenser [ kən-dĕn′sər ] n. An apparatus for cooling a gas in order to convert it to to a liquid. An instrument for packing a material into a cavity of a tooth. The simple or compound lens on a microscope that is used to focus light on the specimen under observation. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for condenser condenser [ kən-dĕn′sər ] An apparatus used to condense vapor, usually using cooling or pressurization. See capacitor. A mirror, lens, or combination of lenses used to gather light and direct it upon an object or through a projection lens. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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