condensation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being condensed.
  3. (countable, physical, uncountable) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The condensate so formed.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.
  6. (countable, uncountable) when a single idea (an image, memory, or thought) or dream object stands for several associations and ideas.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A condensed work; an abridged version or compendium.
  8. (countable) For a given directed graph G, a directed acyclic graph with one vertex for each strongly connected component of G, and an edge connecting pairs of components that contain the two endpoints of at least one edge in G.

Opposite of
hydrolysis
Frequency

38k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkɑn.dɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/
Etymology

From condense + -ation, borrowed from Latin condēnsātiō, condēnsātiōnem.

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