condensation temperature

condensation temperature

[‚kän·dən′sā·shən ′tem·prə·chər] (analytical chemistry) In boiling-point determination, the temperature established on the bulb of a thermometer on which a thin moving film of liquid coexists with vapor from which the liquid has condensed, the vapor phase being replenished at the moment of measurement from a boiling-liquid phase. (meteorology) The temperature at which a parcel of moist air expanded dry adiabatically reaches saturation. Also known as adiabatic condensation temperature; adiabatic saturation temperature.