different between condensation vs outline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cond?ns?ti?, cond?ns?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

condensation (countable and uncountable, plural condensations)

1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
2. The state of being condensed.

1. (physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
2. The condensate so formed.
3. (chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

   Synonym: dehydration synthesis

   Antonym: hydrolysis

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• nonsonicated

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cond?ns?ti?, cond?ns?ti?nem. Equivalent to condenser +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.d??.sa.sj??/
• Rhymes: -j??
• Homophone: condensations

Noun

condensation f (plural condensations)

1. (all senses) condensation.

Related terms

• condenser

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

out +? line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tla?n/

Noun

outline (plural outlines)

1. A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
2. The outer shape of an object or figure.
3. A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     Painters, by their outlines, colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.

4. A general description of some subject.
5. A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
6. A preliminary plan for a project.

7. (film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
8. (fishing) A setline or trotline.

Translations

See also

• silhouette

Verb

outline (third-person singular simple present outlines, present participle outlining, simple past and past participle outlined)

1. (transitive) To draw an outline of.
2. (transitive) To summarize.

   • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

Translations

Anagrams

• elution, line out, line-out, lineout