condensation : Idioms & Phrases

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Condensation product

  • (Chem.), 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.
Webster 1913

condensation pump

  • noun vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum
    diffusion pump.
WordNet

condensation trail

  • noun an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust
    contrail.
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heat of condensation

  • noun heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid
    • the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization
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Surface condensation

  • the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water.
Webster 1913

Surface condensation, Surface condenser

  • . See under Condensation, and Condenser.
Webster 1913