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Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.

Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form.

Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases.

imal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.

ases (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called incondensible or incoercible gases, before their liquefaction in 1877. -- Permanent way, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's temporary way. -- Permanent white (Ch…