Antonyms for condensation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kon-den-sey-shuh n, -duh n-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn dɛnˈseɪ ʃən, -dən-

Definition of condensation

Origin : c.1600, "action of becoming more dense," from Latin condensationem (nominative condensatio), noun of action from condensare (see condense). Meaning "conversion of a gas to a liquid" is from 1610s.

noun abridgment
noun water buildup

Example sentences :

Rarefaction and condensation by instruments were also tried, but in vain.
Extract from : « Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air » by Joseph Priestley

Yet more, this condensation is accompanied by the disengagement of heat.
Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

It is really a condensation of the facts, as the trail is shortened where uninteresting.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

Evaporation and condensation, woods and glaciers, have all been brought into play.
Extract from : « Canada and the Canadians » by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

He was too profuse indeed with his facts: he had not the art of condensation.
Extract from : « Lord George Bentinck » by Benjamin Disraeli

As a speaker and writer, his principal need was condensation.
Extract from : « Lord George Bentinck » by Benjamin Disraeli

There was a condensation in the Nearer Rim for a second bearing.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

A tale must aim at condensation, but a bore acts in solution.
Extract from : « Loss and Gain » by John Henry Newman

The boric acid material is recovered by a process of condensation.
Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith

For the Notes I can do little more than claim the merit of selection and condensation.
Extract from : « Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms » by Fa-Hsien

Synonyms for condensation

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