condenser

== English == === Etymology === From condense + -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: IPA(key): /ˈkʰəndɛnsɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ) === Noun === condenser (plural condensers) (process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine. (electronics, chiefly historical or in compound terms) A capacitor. (optics) A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism. A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (device to achieve phase change): degasifier, liquefier == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin condēnsāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/ === Verb === condenser (transitive) to condense (transitive) to compress (transitive) to concentrate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== condensation dense === Further reading === “condenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === condēnser first-person singular present passive subjunctive of condēnsō