condensate

English

Pronunciation

• (noun, verb) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒndənseɪt/

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• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒndənseɪt/, /ˈkɒndənsət/

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Etymology 1

From condense +‎ -ate (noun-forming suffix) or directly from a substantivation of the adjective below.

Noun

condensate (plural condensates)

1. (physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.

   Hyponym: distillate

2. (chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction.
3. (physics) Any of various condensed quantum states.

Derived terms

• anticondensate
• biocondensate
• Bose-Einstein condensate
• fermionic condensate
• ghost condensate
• noncondensate
• polycondensate
• quasicondensate
• subcondensate

 

Related terms

• condensation
• condenser

 

Translations

product of condensation

• Bulgarian: кондензат (kondenzat)
• Dutch: condensaat (nl) n
• Finnish: kondensaatti
• French: condensat (fr) m
• German: Kondensat (de) n
• Maori: tōtā
• Polish: kondensacja (pl) f
• Spanish: condensado (es) m
• Tagalog: kinintay

See also

• autolysate
• diffusate
• distillate
• eluate
• exudate
• filtrand
• filtrate
• filtride
• hemolysate
• leachate
• lysate

 

Etymology 2

From earlier condensat, borrowed from Latin condēnsātus (“condensed”) (see etymology at -ate). Equivalent to Latin condēnsō (“to condense”) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

condensate (third-person singular simple present condensates, present participle condensating, simple past and past participle condensated)

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To condense.
   • a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon:

     As they say a little critical learning makes one proud; if there were more it would condensate and compact itself into less room

Etymology 3

From earlier condensat, borrowed from Latin condēnsātus (“condensed”) (see etymology at -ate). Equivalent to Latin condēnsō (“to condense”) +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

condensate (comparative more condensate, superlative most condensate)

1. (obsolete) Made dense; condensed.
   • 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman:

     Water […] thickened or condensate.

References

• “condensate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

condensate

1. inflection of condensare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

condensate f pl

1. feminine plural of condensato

Anagrams

• ascondente, nascondete, secondante, standocene

Latin

Verb

condēnsāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of condēnsō

Spanish

Verb

condensate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of condensar combined with te