condensernoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈden.sər/us/kənˈden.sɚ/specializeda piece of equipment that reduces gases to their liquid or solid form
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Laboratory equipment
- bell jar
- Buchner funnel
- Bunsen burner
- burette
- calorimeter
- collecting flask
- conical flask
- electron microscope
- evaporating dish
- flame test
- flask
- graduated cylinder
- microscope
- oscilloscope
- particle accelerator
- pipette
- retort stand
- siphon
- test tube
- transducer
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Examples from literature
- Q. —Is a barometer sometimes applied to the condensers of steam engines?
- The condenser is a flat rectangular wooden vessel, which is surrounded with another one containing cold water.
- The condensers were choked up, and one of them burst from the pressure of the ice.
- The steam passed through the condenser, and the exhaust was never open to the atmosphere.
- This necessitated the carrying of wood from the margin of the lake to the condensers.