condensate
Appearance
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- verb, noun
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒndənseɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- adjective
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒndənsət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From condense + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from condensation.
Noun
[edit]condensate (plural condensates)
- (physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
- Hyponym: distillate
- 2025 February 1, Jeanna Bryner, “In this issue: From the editor: Blobs and Green Monsters”, in Scientific American, page 4:
- Do you remember learning about cell diagrams in high school biology? The cell wall, the organelles, the nucleus. The real picture is turning out to be much more complicated, and interesting, than we were taught. Cells are filled with teensy, phase-shifting blobs that often contain protein and RNA, and in the past several years they’ve taken over cellular biology. In our cover story on page 22, science writer Philip Ball dives into the world of these specks, known as biomolecular condensates, which play astounding roles in cellular functioning across all domains of life.
- (chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction.
- (physics) Any of various condensed quantum states.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]product of condensation
|
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]First attested circa 1550; borrowed from Latin condēnsātus, perfect passive participle of condēnsō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Verb
[edit]condensate (third-person singular simple present condensates, present participle condensating, simple past and past participle condensated)
- (obsolete, ambitransitive, 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
Adjective
[edit]condensate (comparative more condensate, superlative most condensate)
- (obsolete) Made dense; condensed.
- 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman:
- Water […] thickened or condensate.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “condensate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]condensate
- inflection of condensare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]condensate f pl
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]condēnsāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]condensate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of condensar combined with te
Categories:
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive)
- English back-formations
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Physics
- English terms with quotations
- en:Chemistry
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with uncommon senses
- English adjectives
- English heteronyms
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Italian past participle forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms