condensate
noun
con·den·sate
ˈkän-dən-ˌsāt 
-ˌden-;
kən-ˈden-
: a product of condensation
especially
: a liquid obtained by condensation of a gas or vapor
steam condensate
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More than 14 million barrels per day of oil and condensates passed through the narrow waterway on average in 2025, according to data from consulting firm Kpler, which says that amount accounts for a third of total worldwide seaborne oil exports.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Multiply that by all the AC units worldwide that plug away in their respective summers, and the total condensate comes down to roughly 4 billion cubic meters.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Instead of electrons in a solid, the researchers used Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs), ultracold gases in which atoms behave collectively like a single quantum wave.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2025
The pump’s components only cost $33 in contrast to the hundreds of dollars condensate line repairs can cost.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Multiply that by all the AC units worldwide that plug away in their respective summers, and the total condensate comes down to roughly 4 billion cubic meters.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Instead of electrons in a solid, the researchers used Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs), ultracold gases in which atoms behave collectively like a single quantum wave.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2025
The pump’s components only cost $33 in contrast to the hundreds of dollars condensate line repairs can cost.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
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condensate
noun
con·den·sate
ˈkän-dən-ˌsāt
-ˌden-;
kən-ˈden-
: a product of condensation
steam condensate
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