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Con·dens·er n.
1. One who, or that which, condenses.
2. Physic (a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. (b) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate. (c) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.
3. Chem. An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
4. Steam Engine An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine.
Achromatic condenser Optics, an achromatic lens used as a condenser.
Bull's-eye condenser, or Bull's-eye Optics, a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light.
Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water.
Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.
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In·jec·tion n.
1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible insertion of a liquid or gas, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid inserted thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.
3. Anat. (a) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. (b) A specimen prepared by injection.
4. Steam Eng. (a) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (b) The cold water thrown into a condenser.
Injection cock, or Injection valve Steam Eng., the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted into a condenser.
Injection condenser. See under Condenser.
Injection pipe, the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.
fuel injection, a method of inserting fuel into internal-combustion engines by directly forcing the liquid fuel into the combustion chamber at an appropriate point in the piston cycle; in contrast to carburetion, in which an air-fuel mixture is drawn in by the downward stroke of the piston.
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