a steam condenser usually associated with a steam turbine in which the steam is condensed on the surface of tubes through which water is passed
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surface condenser in American English
noun
a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface
Word origin
[1860–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, blind spot, institutionalism, prep, raider