CONDENSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does condensation mean? 

• CONDENSATION (noun)
  The noun CONDENSATION has 6 senses:

1. (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

2. the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

3. atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold

4. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

5. a shortened version of a written work

6. the act of increasing the density of something

  Familiarity information: CONDENSATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDENSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):

process; unconscious process (a mental process that you are not directly aware of)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Derivation:

condense (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops)

condense (cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

condensate; condensation

Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):

atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condensation"):

sweat (condensation of moisture on a cold surface)

dew (water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air)

Derivation:

condense (cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

compression; condensation; contraction

Context example:

the contraction of a gas on cooling

Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):

shrinkage; shrinking (process or result of becoming less or smaller)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condensation"):

coarctation; constriction (tight or narrow compression)

Derivation:

condense (compress or concentrate)

condense (become more compact or concentrated)

condense (remove water from)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A shortened version of a written work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

abridgement; abridgment; capsule; condensation

Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):

sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

Derivation:

condense (make more concise)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of increasing the density of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

condensation; condensing

Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):

compressing; compression (applying pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condensation"):

inspissation; thickening (the act of thickening)

Derivation:

condense (develop due to condensation)

condense (remove water from)

 Context examples 

This leads to an irreversible blockage of the condensation of uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine with p-enolpyruvate, which is one of the first steps of bacterial cell wall synthesis, thereby eventually causing cell lysis.

(Fosfomycin Tromethamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substance that inhibits glutamate-cysteine ligase (gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase), an enzyme that catalyzes the ATP-dependent condensation of cysteine and glutamate to form the dipeptide gamma-glutamylcysteine, the rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of glutathione.

(Gamma-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

An ether may be a product of the condensation of alcohols.

(Ether, NCI Thesaurus)

Using a cloud condensation nuclei chamber, an instrument that can reproduce the atmospheric conditions that form clouds, they were able to demonstrate that pollen can in fact grow and act as cloud droplets.

(Estimating how pollen particles in the atmosphere influence climate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Another protein recruited by AKAP95 is Eg7, a 150 kD protein recruited during mitotic chromatin condensation.

(AKAP8 in Mitosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The most characteristic feature of this condition is the peripheral cytoplasmic condensation associated with an increase of tonofilaments.

(Koilocytotic Atypia, NCI Thesaurus)

LLME undergoes a condensation process catalyzed by dipeptidyl peptidase I (DPPI) in lysosomes.

(L-Leucyl-L-Leucine Methyl Ester, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes nuclear receptor corepressor 1 protein, is involved in the mediation of both transcriptional activity and chromatin condensation.

(NCOR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes nuclear mitotic apparatus protein 1, is involved in chromosomal condensation.

(NUMA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mannosylerythritol lipid activates protein kinase signal cascades, resulting in cell differentiation, condensation of chromatin, DNA fragmentation, G1 phase cell-cycle arrest, and apoptosis of tumor cells.

(Mannosylerythritol Lipid, NCI Thesaurus)