English

Noun

1. A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine. Also a piece of laboratory equipment.
2. A capacitor
3. A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism
4. A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth

• Condenser (heat transfer), a device or unit used to condense vapor into liquid. More specific articles on some types include:

• Condenser (laboratory), a range of laboratory glassware used to remove heat from fluids.
• Surface condenser, a heat exchanger installed in steam-electric power stations to condense turbine exhaust steam into water.
• Air coil used in HVAC refrigeration systems.

• Condenser (microscope), a group of lenses mounted below the stage of an optical microscope to concentrate light.
• Capacitor, formerly called a condenser, an electrical device that can store energy.
• Condenser microphone, a device that converts sound waves into an electrical signal.
• Steam locomotive condensing apparatus, a condenser fitted to steam locomotives for use in tunnels and to increase range.
• Synchronous condenser, a rotating machine similar to a motor, used to control AC power flow in electric power transmission.