What does "noncondensing" mean?

Not condensing; of a steam engine, discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

Noncondensing

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Adjective

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Not condensing; of a steam engine, discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser. not-comparable

Etymology

From non- + condensing.

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