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<cs><col>Condensation product</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products.</cd> -- <col>Surface condensation</col>, <cd>the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water.</cd></cs>

<h1>Condensative</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*den"sa*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>condensatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the property of condensing.</def>

<h1>Condense</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*dense"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Condensed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Condensing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>condensare</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>densare</ets> to make thick or dense, <ets>densus</ets> thick, dense: cf. F. <ets>condenser</ets>. See <er>Dense</er>, and cf. <er>Condensate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.</def>

<blockquote>In what shape they choose, Dilated or <b>condensed</b>, bright or obscure. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be <b>condensed</b> into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem. & Physics)</fld> <def>To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; <as>as, to <ex>condense</ex> gas into a liquid form, or steam into water</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Condensed milk</col>, <cd>milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.</cd> -- <col>Condensing engine</col>, <cd>a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.</syn>

<h1>Condense</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*dense"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.</def>

<blockquote>Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but <b>condenses</b> into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To undergo polymerization.</def>

<h1>Condense</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*dense"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>condensus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Condensed; compact; dense.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The huge <b>condense</b> bodies of planets. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Condenser</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*dens"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, condenses.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physic)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. <sd>(b)</sd> An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate. <sd>(c)</sd> A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.</def>

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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Steam engine</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Achromatic condenser</col> <fld>(Optics)</fld>, <cd>an achromatic lens used as a condenser.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Bull's-eye condenser</col>, &or; <col>Bull's-eye</col></mcol> <fld>(Optics)</fld>, <cd>a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light.</cd> -- <col>Injection condenser</col>, <cd>a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water.</cd> -- <col>Surface condenser</col>, <cd>an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.</cd></cs>

<h1>Condensible</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*den"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being condensed; <as>as, a gas <ex>condensible</ex> to a liquid by cold</as>.</def>

<h1>Conder</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Cond"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cond</er>.]</ety> <def>One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See <er>Balker</er>.</def>