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Definition: Condenser |
CondenserNoun1. An electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge. 2. An apparatus that converts vapor into liquid. 3. A hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat. 4. Lens used to concentrate light on an object. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "condenser" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A heat exchanger which is the cold source in closed steam cycle and condenses the exhaust steam of the turbine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A large heat exchanger designed to cool exhaust steam from a turbine below the boiling point so that it can be returned to the heat source as water. In a pressurized water reactor, the water is returned to the steam generator. In a boiling water reactor, it returns to the reactor core. The heat removed from the steam by the condenser is transferred to a circulating water system and is exhausted to the environment, either through a cooling tower or directly into a body of water. (references) |
| The device in an air conditioner or heat pump in which the refrigerant condenses from a gas to a liquid when it is depressurized or cooled. (references) | |
| A heat exchanger in which therefrigerant, compressed to a hot gas, is condensed to liquid by rejecting heat. (references) | |
Fine Arts | Optical system which concentrates the light from a source into a more or less defined beam, enabling the light source to be focused to any one position. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The portion of a still which is cooled by water and converts the vapours to liquids. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | The last section of a condenser card; it divides a broad thin web of fibres into narrow strips, which are then consolidated by rubbing into slivers of circular cross-section. In some cases, the condenser receives the material as narrow strips and then completes the process. Source: European Union. (references) |
| These -- operate on the principle of a suction or vacuum produced by a radial-type fan, drawing through a perforated screen section. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | An apparatus which steam of water vapor is condensed to water(BTM). Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An apparatus used for condensing vapors obtained during distillation; it consists of a condenser tube, either freely exposed to air or contained in a jacket in which water circulates b. An accumulator of electrical energy. Also called capacito. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term condenser has the following meanings:
- In electronics, it is another (more old-fashioned) word for capacitor.
- In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a chamber which converts a substance from its gaseous to its liquid state. In so doing, energy is given up by the substance, and the condenser will get hot. For example a refrigerator uses a condenser to get rid of the heat extracted from the interior of the unit to the outside air. Condensers are widely used in many types of system.
- In optics, a condenser is a large plano-convex lens, commonly used in pairs in photographic enlargers
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Condenser."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| cond. | English | Condenser | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CondenserSynonyms: capacitance (n), capacitor (n), electrical condenser (n), optical condenser (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Transformer manufacture. Before transformer coils are wound, condenser plates must be inspected. These transformers are vital to war production and are used to produce power in almost every phase of America's war effort. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Conversion. Toy factory. Closeup of press in production of condenser caps to which it has been converted. Former production of this machine consisted of toys and movie projectors. Keystone. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Owner atop his turpentine still. Goosneck runs from the still to the condenser coils where vapors are chilled. State Line, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Condenser at barking machine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New Idria, California. Collecting mercury by hand from soot deposited in the condenser chamber at the mercury extraction plant of the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Columbia Chemical Division, Barberton, Ohio. Laboratory, condenser. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Miscellaneous subjects. Worthington Industries products, condenser water pumps. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Business | In October 1999, the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) developed DISH solar heat condenser, which can generate temperatures of up to 700-750 Centigrade. (references) | |
Economic History | Hong Kong | Products include chillers, air handling units, fan coil units, cooling towers, heat exchangers, water pumps, VAV boxes, air louvers, air dampers, fire dampers, timers, evaporator coils and condenser coils. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Condenser" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Condenser" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 33 | 60,273 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "condenser": Abbe condenser ♦ Achromatic condenser ♦ adjustable condenser ♦ aerial tunning condenser ♦ bypass condenser ♦ compartmental division of the condenser ♦ compression condenser ♦ condenser bank ♦ condenser for vapour engines ♦ condenser gauge ♦ condenser microphone ♦ Ejector condenser ♦ electric condenser ♦ electrical condenser ♦ electrolytic condenser ♦ evaporative condenser ♦ Injection condenser ♦ Liebig condenser ♦ optical condenser ♦ reflux condenser ♦ siphon condenser ♦ spray condenser ♦ surface condenser. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "condenser": condenser-type. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "condenser"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kondensator (capacitor), aparat kondensimi. (various references) | |
Arabic | مكثف (concentrated, intensified, massive, trimmer). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кондензор, кондензатор (capacitor, refrigeratory), охладител (cooler). (various references) | |
Chinese | 冷凝器. (various references) | |
Czech | kondenzátor. (various references) | |
Danish | vliesfordeler, svaler (hirundinidae, martins, swallows), kondenser, kondensator (metal insulator semiconductor capacitor, MIS capacitor), fortaetningsapparat, flordeler (cleaner, cleaner rubber, rubbing apron). (various references) | |
Dutch | condensor, condensator, vliesverdeler, verdichter (compacter, compacting machine, soil compactor), koeler (coolant, cooling agent, refrigerator), koelapparatuur. (various references) | |
Finnish | lauhdutin, kondensaattori, jäähdytin (cooler, radiator, refrigerator). (various references) | |
French | condenseur (concentrated, condensor), condensateur (condensor). (various references) | |
German | kondensator (capacitor). (various references) | |
Greek | πυκνωτής. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקרר (cooler, fridge, radiator, refrigerator), מעב" (thick, thickener), קו " סטור, קבל (capacitor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kondenzátor (capacitance, capacitor), sűrítő (capacitor, supercharger), kondenzor, gyűjtőlencse (convergent lens, convex lens). (various references) | |
Italian | condensatore (capacitor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 集光器 , 復水器 , コンテナ船 (condense, condensed milk, condition, conditioner, conditioning, container ship, contemporary, contents, contra, contrabass, contract, contraction, contralto, contrast, control, control amp, control program, control tower, controller, tale). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅう"うき, ふくすいき, コンデンサー , コンデンサ . (various references) | |
Korean | 콘덴서. (various references) | |
Manx | lensey cochruinnit. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ondensercay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | condensador (capacitor). (various references) | |
Romanian | condensator. (various references) | |
Russian | конденсатор (capacitor, refrigeratory). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kondenzator (capacitor). (various references) | |
Spanish | condensador (capacitor, refrigeratory). (various references) | |
Swedish | kondensor, kondensator (capacitor). (various references) | |
Turkish | mercek (bulls eye, condensing lens, eye lense, eyepiece, glass, lens, object lens, objective), kondansatör (capacitor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | холодильник (cold storage, cold store, frig, meat-safe, refrigerator, safe), конденсатор (capacitor, refrigerator, refrigeratory). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "condenser": condensers. (additional references) | |
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"Condenser" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: candense, comense, comensour, condence, condene, condens, condensa, condensew, condensor, condeser, congense, consense. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "condenser" (pronounced kunde"nser) |
| 5 | -d e" n s er | denser. |
| 4 | -e" n s er | biosensor, censer, censor, dispenser, sensor, Spencer. |
| 3 | -n s er | enhancer, advancer, announcer, answer, anticancer, balancer, bouncer, cancer, cosponsor, dancer, freelancer, Lancer, licenser, licensor, mincer, sponsor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-n-n-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: censored, condense, encoders, necrosed, onscreen, seconder. | |
-2 letters: conners, decerns, donnees, encoder, encodes, encored, encores, endorse, necrose, recodes, scorned, seconde. | |
-3 letters: ceders, censed, censer, censor, codens, coders, conned, conner, corned, credos, creeds, crones, decern, decors, denser, donees, donnee, drones, encode, encore, enders, erodes, neoned, nonces, recode, recons, redoes, redone, redons, resend, scored, screed, screen. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-n-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: condemners, condensers, contenders, denouncers, endocrines, recondense, uncensored. | |
+2 letters: contredanse, encrimsoned, recondensed, recondenses. | |
+3 letters: consternated, contredanses, corespondent, crescendoing, nonresidence, nonresidency, recondensing, unconsidered. | |
+4 letters: concertedness, confirmedness, containerised, corespondents, correspondent, countersigned, countertrends, inconsiderate, nondecreasing, nonresidences, nonrestricted, predominances, reconditeness, reconsidering, secondariness, unconsecrated. | |
+5 letters: confederations, coordinateness, correspondence, correspondency, correspondents, counterdemands, counterstained, deconcentrates, deconsecrating, deconsecration, disconcertment, inconsiderable, indecorousness, nondescriptive, nondestructive, nonresidencies, overabundances, overdominances, predominancies, preponderances, superconfident. | |
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