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CONDENSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of increasing the density of something
Synonyms:
condensation; condensing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):
compressing; compression (applying pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condensation"):
inspissation; thickening (the act of thickening)
Derivation:
condense (develop due to condensation)
condense (remove water from)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):
process; unconscious process (a mental process that you are not directly aware of)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A shortened version of a written work
Synonyms:
abridgement; abridgment; capsule; condensation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):
sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)
Derivation:
condense (make more concise)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
Example:
the contraction of a gas on cooling
Synonyms:
compression; condensation; contraction
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):
shrinkage; shrinking (process or result of becoming less or smaller)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condensation"):
coarctation; constriction (tight or narrow compression)
Derivation:
condense (compress or concentrate)
condense (become more compact or concentrated)
condense (remove water from)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold
Synonyms:
condensate; condensation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condensation"):
sweat (condensation of moisture on a cold surface)
dew (water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air)
Derivation:
condense (cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("condensation" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Derivation:
condense (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops)
condense (cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid)
Context examples:
Once activated by CYCLINS; MPF directly phosphorylates some of the proteins involved in nuclear envelope breakdown, chromosome condensation, spindle assembly, and the degradation of cyclins.
(M-Phase Promoting Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
A different condensation process takes place in the stratosphere — the region above the troposphere — at Titan's north and south winter poles.
(Scientists Find 'Impossible' Cloud on Titan, NASA)
This allele, which encodes acrosin-binding protein, plays a role in proacrosin packaging and condensation for the acrosin zymogen in the acrosomal matrix.
(ACRBP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
DNA binding by AIF stimulates chromatin condensation, and DNA fragmentation, perhaps through recruitment of nucleases.
(AIF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This lofty cloud, imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, was part of the winter cap of condensation over Titan's north pole.
(NASA Finds Methane Ice Cloud in Titan's Stratosphere, NASA)
Upon administration, mTOR1/2 Kinase inhibitor ME-344 downregulates the PIK3/AKT/mTOR pathway and results in chromatin condensation in the absence of caspase activation.
(mTOR1/2 Kinase Inhibitor ME-344, NCI Thesaurus)
In early mitosis, dramatic structural changes occur to produce metaphase chromosomes, each consisting of a pair of compacted sister chromatids (condensation).
(Mitotic Sister Chromatid Cohesion, NCI Thesaurus)
By exposing cationic sites on the protein that promote ionic interaction with the negatively charged DNA backbone, Histone Deacetylation induces DNA condensation and regulates genetic functions, such as transcription.
(Histone Deacetylation, NCI Thesaurus)
The condensation product of coenzyme A and acetic acid which participates in the biosynthesis of fatty acids and sterols, in the oxidation of fatty acids and in the metabolism of many amino acids.
(Acetyl Coenzyme A, NCI Thesaurus)
A form of programmed cell death that begins when a cell receives internal or external signals, then proceeds through a series of characteristic stages typically including rounding-up of the cell, retraction of pseudopods, reduction of cellular volume (pyknosis), chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), and plasma membrane blebbing, and ends with the death of the cell.
(Apoptosis, NCI Thesaurus)
