Condensate

a. [Lat. condenso.] To condense; to thicken. (R.) Condensation, a. [Fr., from L. Lat. condensatio, from condenso, con dens at us.] The rendering of a body more compact, denser, or of more specific gravity, by causing its particles to come into closer contact. The term is usually applied to the proce of converting a vapor or gas into a fluid by application of cold or pres sure. condense. Condens'ative, a . Having the power or tendency to Condense', v . a . [Fr. condenser; Lat. condenso - con , and den so, to make thick or dense, from dens us , thick, close. See DENSE.] To make very dense, close, thick, or compact; to cause the particles of a body to approach or to unite more closely; to reduce into a smaller compa or bulk. - To thicken; to crowd; to compre ; to contract. -v. n. To become very dense, close, or compact. - To approach or unite more closely. To grow thick. Condens'er, n. He who, or that which, condenses. ( Chem .) Any apparatus used for cooling heated vapors and reducing them to a liquid form. In ordinary distillation, the worm-tub is the condenser most generally adopted. It consists of a spiral tube, which pa es through a tub constantly filled with cold water. The vapor enters the tube at the top, and being condensed in its pa age, runs out as liquid at the bottom. The condenser of a steam- engine is that part attached to the cylinder where the steam is condensed. The pneumatic condenser is a syringe worked on the same principle as the force-pump, by which a large quantity of air can be forced into a given space. Condens'ing, p. a. Making very dense, close, or compact; compre ing; thickening; growing dense or more dense. Conden's ity, n . Densene ; density. (R.) Condescend', v. n. [Fr. con des cendre; It. condescen dere ; Lat. con, and descendo , to descend. See DESCEND.] To descend or come down to the level of another. - To descend from the privileges of superior rank or dignity; to submit or yield, as an inferior. To descend; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to deign. "Can they think my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands?"-Milton. Condescend'ence, n . [Fr. condescend ance; It. con descendenza ; Sp. condescendencia .] Voluntary submi ion to a state of equality with inferiors. (R.) Condescend'ing, a . Yielding to inferiors; courteous; obliging; kind; accommodating. Condescend'ingly, adv . By way of yielding to inferiors; by way of kind conce ion; courteously. Condescen's ion, n. Act of condescending; voluntary descent from superiority; kind and courteous submi ion to inferiors; courtesy; complaisance. Con'de-sur-Noireau', a town of France, dep. Cal- vados, 28 m. S.S.W. of Caen. Manf . Woollen, cotton, and linen articles. Pop . 6,643. Condign, ( kon - din ' ,) a. [Lat. condign us - con , and dig- nus , worthy.] Wholly deserving or deserved; very wor- thy; well merited; suitable. (It is only used of some- thing deserved by crimes.) "Unle it were a bloody murtherer, I never gave them condign punishment."-Shake. Condign'ly, adv . According to merit. Condillac, ETIENNE BONNOT DE, ( kon - de - yak ,) a French philosopher, B. at Grenoble, 1715. He was early attached to metaphysical studies, and adopted the system of Locke, carrying, however, the doctrines of the Sensa- tional School further than his master did. He was of very grave manners, and lived mostly in studious retire- ment. Rou eau and Diderot were among his friends. He was named tutor to the young duke of Parma, grandson of Louis XV.. and was admitted to the French Academy. His principal works are: E ai sur l'Origine des Con nai ances Humaines: Traité des Sensations; and Cours d' Etule du Prince de Parme. A French work, en- titled Comdillac l'Empirisme et le Rational is me, by F. Réthoré, was published in 1865. D. 1780.