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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•den•sa•tion /kəndənˈseɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - Physics[uncountable] drops of liquid formed by condensing.
- the act or state of condensing or shortening: [uncountable]The lengthy essay was reduced by condensation to just a few pages.[countable]The book is a condensation of five volumes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•den•sa•tion (kon′den sā′shən, -dən-),USA pronunciation n. - the act of condensing;
the state of being condensed. - the result of being made more compact or dense.
- reduction of a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter or terser form;
abridgment. - a condensed form:Did you read the whole book or just a condensation?
- a condensed mass.
- (in nontechnical usage) condensate.
- Physicsthe act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form.
- Chemistrya reaction between two or more organic molecules leading to the formation of a larger molecule and the elimination of a simple molecule such as water or alcohol.
- Meteorologythe process by which atmospheric water vapor liquefies to form fog, clouds, or the like, or solidifies to form snow or hail.
- [Psychoanal.]the representation of two or more ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses by one word or image, as in a person's humor, accidental slips, or dreams.
- Physicsthe relative amount by which the density of an elastic medium varies from its average value as a sound wave passes through it.
- Late Latin condēnsātiōn- (stem of condēnsātiō), equivalent. to condēnsāt(us) condensate + -iōn- -ion
- 1595–1605
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