Condenser
[kən'densə] or [kən'dɛnsɚ]
Definition
(noun.) lens used to concentrate light on an object.
(noun.) a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat.
(noun.) an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, condenses.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.
(n.) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.
(n.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
(n.) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine.
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Examples
- In this a vacuum is maintained by a condenser, the vapors passing from the pan to the condenser through the great curved pipe rising from the top, which pipe is five feet in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The cylinder had been badly cast, the pipe-condenser did not work properly, and there was still the old leakage of steam at the piston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He solved it by the invention of the separate condenser. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As to the additional reference letters, I is a condenser J the source of light, and K a reflector. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Arkwright took out his first patent in 1769, the same year that Watt patented his steam-engine with a separate condenser. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The principle of the dry condenser has, however, been lately made available in a new kind of engine, wherein the combined action of steam and of spirit vapour is applied as the propelling power. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The train, and also each signalling station, was equipped with regulation telegraph apparatus, such as battery, key, relay, and sounder, together with induction-coil and condenser. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The condenser stood in a large cold-water cistern, and the weight of the masonry and the cistern greatly detracted from the boat’s buoyancy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Thus the Leyden jar is both a collector and a condenser of electricity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The surface condenser was used by Hall in 1838 on the steamship Wilberforce, and Sickels in 1841 invented the drop cut-off. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The train and also each signalling station were equipped with regulation telegraphic apparatus, such as battery, key, relay, and sounder, together with induction-coil and condenser. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Besides these there are the compensating resistances and condensers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Further elaboration of this method was made later by the addition of rheostats, condensers, and local opposition batteries on long lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The compensating resistances and condensers necessary for a duplex arrangement are shown in the diagram. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Surface condensers pass the exhaust steam over the great surface area of a multitubular construction having cold water flowing through it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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