condensing [
kən'dɛns]
[计] 聚光的
- Steam is condensed to water when it touches a cold surface.
水蒸汽触及冷的表面即凝结成水。 - A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.
概要用简明的形式,并通过减少或保留其要点来对资料内容进行的描述;摘要 - The immense expense in condensing the steam made me tense.
凝结蒸汽的巨大开支使我感到紧张.
condensing[ noun ]
the act of increasing the density of something
<noun.act>
Condense \Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Condensing}.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make
thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See
{Dense}, and cf. {Condensate}.]
1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or
concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to
abridge; to epitomize.
In what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton.
The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid
may be condensed into the usual formula,
dissimulation, procrastination, and again
dissimulation. --Motley.
2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form,
as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid
form, or steam into water.
{Condensed milk}, milk reduced to the consistence of very
thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of
sugar) for preservation and transportation.
{Condensing engine}, a steam engine in which the steam is
condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.
Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate;
abridge; epitomize; reduce.
- The 28-page manifesto, condensing the 1991 paper, Opportunity Britain, sought to promote the Pounds 2.7bn in new funding for economic recovery and public services in Mr John Smith's Budget.
- The water-laden air then is drawn and climbs the mountain where natural cooling and condensing coils bring it down as rain and dew to feed the stream again.
- Ana Larson of Seattle plans to look for planets being formed around stars by using the telescope's infrared capabilities. Planets being formed, known as protoplanets, are brighter than normal planets in the infrared range while condensing, Villard said.
- The VAT increases on fuel do not really affect me, since I anticipated them by putting in a condensing boiler.