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   condensation

   /kɒndɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it: "the inside of the cab steamed up with condensation" Similar moisturewater dropletssteam
   • 2. the conversion of a vapour or gas to a liquid: "the cloud is caused by condensation in the air" Similar precipitationliquefactiondeliquescencedistillation
   • ▪ a reaction in which two molecules combine to form a larger molecule, producing a small molecule such as H2O as a by-product.
   • ▪ the fusion of two or more images or ideas into a single composite or new image, as a primary process in unconscious thought exemplified in dreams.
   • 3. a concise version of something, especially a text: "a readable condensation of the recent literature" Similar abridgementsummarysynopsisprecisabstractdigestencapsulationshorteningabridgementabbreviationcuttingsummarization

   Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin condensatio(n-), from condensare ‘press close together’ (see condense).

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