Evaporation vs. Condensation
Evaporationnoun
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
Condensationnoun
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
Evaporationnoun
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
Condensationnoun
The state of being condensed.
Evaporationnoun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
Condensationnoun
(physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
Evaporationnoun
The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.
Condensationnoun
The condensate so formed.
Evaporationnoun
The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.
Condensationnoun
(chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.
Evaporationnoun
That which is evaporated; vapor.
Condensationnoun
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.
âHe [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation.â;
Evaporationnoun
See Vaporization.
Condensationnoun
The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.
Evaporationnoun
the process of becoming a vapor
Condensationnoun
A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.
Evaporationnoun
the process of extracting moisture
Condensationnoun
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams
Evaporationnoun
the process of turning from liquid into vapour
âsnow cover prevents evaporation of water from the soilâ;
Condensationnoun
the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
Evaporationnoun
the process of something abstract ceasing to exist
âthe police's attempt to dictate public policy led to a sudden evaporation of supportâ; âthousands of employees witnessed the rapid evaporation of their retirement plansâ;
Condensationnoun
atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold
Evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. The surrounding gas must not be saturated with the evaporating substance.
Condensationnoun
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;
âthe contraction of a gas on coolingâ;
Condensationnoun
a shortened version of a written work
Condensationnoun
the act of increasing the density of something
Condensationnoun
water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
âthe inside of the cab steamed up with condensationâ;
Condensationnoun
the conversion of a vapour or gas to a liquid
âthe cloud is caused by condensation in the airâ;
Condensationnoun
a reaction in which two molecules combine to form a larger molecule, producing a small molecule such as HâO as a by-product.
Condensationnoun
the fusion of two or more images or ideas into a single composite or new image, as a primary process in unconscious thought exemplified in dreams.
Condensation
Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization. The word most often refers to the water cycle.
