noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

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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6. 6
   a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat wordnet
7. 7
   A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.
8. 8
   an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

capacitorapparatuscameracapacitancecapacitatorcapacitor

Example

More examples

"I think I forgot to rinse the condenser with acetone."

Etymology

From condense + -er.

Related phrases

Abbe condenserLiebig condensercondenser miccondenser microphonereflux condensersiphon condenserspray condensersteam condenserstraight condensersteam engine

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.