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 term for capacitor
a person or device that condenses
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con•dens•er /kənˈdɛnsɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a person or thing that condenses.
- an apparatus for condensing, esp. for reducing gases to liquid.
con•dens•er
(kən den′sər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that condenses.
- an apparatus for condensing.
- any device for reducing gases or vapors to liquid or solid form.
- Opticsa 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.
- Electricitycapacitor.
- condense + -er1 1680–90
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'condenser' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abbe
- Abbe condenser
- Abbe number
- Liebig condenser
- bull's-eye
- capacitor
- coil
- cond.
- condense
- cupronickel
- distiller
- feedwater
- icebox
- jet condenser
- molecular distillation
- rectifier
- reflux
- refrigerator
- sink
- spark generator
- statfarad
- still
- substage
- surface condenser
- vinificator
- worm