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Condensation   /kˌɑndənsˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Condensation

noun
1.
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams.
2.
The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state.
3.
Atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold.  Synonym: condensate.
4.
The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together.  Synonyms: compression, contraction.
5.
A shortened version of a written work.  Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, capsule.
6.
The act of increasing the density of something.  Synonym: condensing.



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"Condensation" Quotes from Famous Books



... account for this stellar phenomenon, advanced the theory that stars might be "formed and molded out of cosmical vapor," or "vapory celestial matter," as the elder Herschel put it, "which becomes luminous as it condenses (conglomerates) into fixed stars." But any such rapid condensation of "vapory matter," in the light of Laplace's "nebular theory," is manifestly too absurd for scientific recognition. A more satisfactory explanation may be here suggested:—Supposing the apparent relative position of any six or seven ...
— Life: Its True Genesis • R. W. Wright
... field in order to avoid its glare. The nebula is exceedingly faint, and we can be satisfied if we see it simply as a hazy spot, although with much larger telescopes it has appeared at least half a degree broad. Tempel saw several centers of condensation in it, and traced three or four broad nebulous streams, one of which ...
— Pleasures of the telescope • Garrett Serviss
... evolution of worlds. In this phase we are dealing merely with physical matter, and it is supposed that the active principle which works in this phase of evolution is the attraction of particles of matter for one another. This leads to the condensation of matter into suns and their planets, and the geological evolution of the earth, for example. Laplace's nebular hypothesis is an attempt to give an adequate statement of the cosmic phase of evolution. While this hypothesis has been much criticized of late, ...
— Sociology and Modern Social Problems • Charles A. Ellwood
... quicksilver is obtained is a sulphuret. The sulphur is driven off by heat, and the metal, which rises in fumes from the ore, is collected by condensation. The miners are Cornishmen and Mexicans. The ore is in large masses underground, not in a connected vein of regular thickness; and after one mass is exhausted, much labor is often vainly spent in search of another. There ...
— Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining • John S. Hittell
... thought categories of the causal body, God elaborated all the complexities of man's nineteen astral and sixteen physical counterparts. By condensation of vibratory forces, first subtle, then gross, He produced man's astral body and finally his physical form. According to the law of relativity, by which the Prime Simplicity has become the bewildering manifold, the causal cosmos and causal body are different ...
— Autobiography of a YOGI • Paramhansa Yogananda


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