different between chiller vs condenser

English

Etymology

chill +? -er

Noun

chiller (plural chillers)

1. Something that chills
   1. a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.
   2. a heat exchanger between a coolant and a refrigerant, to transfer heat from the coolant loop into the refrigeration system
   3. A machine that removes heat from the working fluid in a refrigeration cycle
2. A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film

Quotations

• 2002 Robert C. Summers, Lawrence J. Dyckman - Food Safety

  Carcasses are then trimmed, rinsed, and, as the final step of the slaughter line, placed into a chiller.

• 1991 Michael R. Pitts - Famous Movie Detectives II

  Variety termed the film "a fairly suspenseful low-budget chiller."

Translations

Adjective

chiller

1. comparative form of chill: more chill
   • 1844 Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

     With the setting of the sun a strong breeze, every blast of which was chiller and chiller, had begun to blow, rustling with a low continuous hum . . .

Anagrams

• rechill

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

chiller

1. present of chille

English

Etymology

condense +? -er

Noun

condenser (plural condensers)

1. A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
2. (electronics) A capacitor.
3. (optics) 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.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cond?ns?, cond?ns?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.d??.se/

Verb

condenser

1. (transitive) to condense
2. (transitive) to compress
3. (transitive) to concentrate

Conjugation

Related terms

• condensation
• dense

Further reading

• “condenser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

cond?nser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cond?ns?