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# condensation

«condensation» in Mova's school dictionary: **when a gas, especially water vapour, cools down and turns…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (condensation — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Condensation is when a gas, especially water vapour, cools down and turns into liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#m1)

2) Condensation is also the little drops of water that form on a cold surface, like a window or a cold glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons condensation is part of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation) and a change of state from gas to liquid; it explains clouds, dew and misty mirrors. Phrases: «the water cycle», «condensation on the window».

### examples

- There was condensation on the bathroom mirror after my shower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#x1)
- Condensation forms clouds in the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#x2)
- A cold can of drink gets condensation on the outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#x3)
- Evaporation, condensation and precipitation make up the water cycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#x4)
- We wiped the condensation off the car windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#x5)
- Condensation happens when water vapour cools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#x6)
- Dew on the grass is a kind of condensation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: condense. Opposite process: evaporation (liquid to gas). Trap: the water on a cold glass did not leak through the glass; it came from water vapour in the air.

### In the corpora

- [Condensation is water vapour turning back into liquid on a cold surface, which is why a cold can looks wet outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/8/)
- [Condensation is a gas turning into a liquid when it cools.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/13-evaporation-condensation/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «condensation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condensation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.