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Condenser

//ˈkʰəndɛnsɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
  2. 2
    an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge wordnet
  3. 3
    A capacitor. historical
  4. 4
    lens used to concentrate light on an object wordnet
  5. 5
    A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism.
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  1. 6
    a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat wordnet
  2. 7
    A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.
  3. 8
    an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid wordnet

Etymology

From condense + -er.

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