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condenser

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One who, or that which, condenses.

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.

An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.

A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.

An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.

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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Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser. Steven Holl

A condenser was brought parallel to Earth's motion, and it was assumed that momentum is produced when the condenser is charged. Source: Internet

An early stereo recorder (a two-track Ampex 601-2 portable) and a pair of Neumann U-47 condenser microphones comprised his recording equipment. Source: Internet

As there is no condensation and evaporation intended in a gas cycle, components corresponding to the condenser and evaporator in a vapor compression cycle are the hot and cold gas-to-gas heat exchangers in gas cycles. Source: Internet

Black and Watt performed experiments together, but it was Watt who conceived the idea of the external condenser which resulted in a large increase in steam engine efficiency. Source: Internet

Classically, both dynamic and condenser microphones used transformers to provide a differential-mode signal. Source: Internet

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