condensation

see definition of condensation

nounabridgment
nounwater buildup

Synonyms for condensation

noun abridgment

Antonyms for condensation

dispersal
enlargement
increase
separation
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dryness
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abbreviations

noun. something shortened

abstract

noun. short document prepared from a longer one

brevity

noun. shortness, briefness

coagulation

noun. clotting

Word Origin & History

c.1600, "action of becoming more dense," from Latin condensationem (nominative condensatio), noun of action from condensare (see condense). Meaning "conversion of a gas to a liquid" is from 1610s.

Example Sentences forcondensation

Rarefaction and condensation by instruments were also tried, but in vain.

Yet more, this condensation is accompanied by the disengagement of heat.

It is really a condensation of the facts, as the trail is shortened where uninteresting.

Evaporation and condensation, woods and glaciers, have all been brought into play.

He was too profuse indeed with his facts: he had not the art of condensation.

As a speaker and writer, his principal need was condensation.

There was a condensation in the Nearer Rim for a second bearing.

A tale must aim at condensation, but a bore acts in solution.

The boric acid material is recovered by a process of condensation.

For the Notes I can do little more than claim the merit of selection and condensation.