condenser

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=dens=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

condenser, n. 

•  One who, or that which, condenses.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

condenser, n.
1 an apparatus or vessel for condensing vapour.
2 Electr. = capacitor.
3 a lens or system of lenses for concentrating light.
4 a person or thing that condenses.