verb
- to condense again; to change from a gas or vapor back into a liquid state after having been previously condensed
Usage: technical; third person singular present tense
Examples
- The steam recondenses on the cool surface of the lid.
- When the temperature drops, the vapor recondenses into droplets.
- The distillation process works because the alcohol recondenses at a different temperature.
- As the air cools at night, moisture recondenses as dew.
- The refrigeration system recondenses the coolant after it passes through the evaporator.
- Water vapor recondenses when it contacts the cold glass.