(chemistry) A water-cooled, double walled piece of laboratory glassware that is fitted on top of a vessel of boiling liquid such that vapour condenses and flows back into the vessel, preventing the contents from boiling dry.

A device designed to turn steam (back) into water by condensation.

plural of steam condenser

plural of Abbe condenser

A condenser composed of two lenses which concentrates and controls the light which passes through an examined specimen before that light enters the objective of a microscope, used to obtain high levels of magnification.

(steam engine) An injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it.

A condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a tall vertical pipe.

plural of condensed milk

(archaic) compressed air

plural of siphon condenser