Hypertext Webster Gateway: "condenser"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Condenser \Con*dens"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, condenses.
2. (Physic)
(a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic
fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable
piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve
to prevent its escape.
(b) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the
effect of induction between conducting plates
separated by a nonconducting plate.
(c) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance,
used to concentrate light upon an object.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
condenser
n 1: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store
an electric charge [syn: {capacitor}, {capacitance}, {electrical
condenser}]
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 [syn: {optical
condenser}]
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