Defn: An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
4. (Steam Engine)
Defn: 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. Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. — Bull's-eye condenser, or Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. — Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. — Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.
CONDENSIBLE
Con*den"si*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.
CONDER
Cond"er, n. Etym: [From Cond.]
Defn: One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.
CONDESCEND
Con`de*scend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Condescending.] Etym: [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L.
con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16. Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands Milton. Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend, On these conditions, to become your friend. Dryden.
Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority. Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. F. W. Robinson.