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concentration

[ kon-suhn-trey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
  2. exclusive attention to one object; close mental application.
  3. something concentrated:

    a concentration of stars.

  4. Military.
    1. the assembling of military or naval forces in a particular area in preparation for further operations.
    2. a specified intensity and duration of artillery fire placed on a small area.
  5. the focusing of a student's academic program on advanced study in a specific subject or field.
  6. Chemistry. (in a solution) a measure of the amount of dissolved substance contained per unit of volume.
  7. Also called memory. Cards. a game in which all 52 cards are spread out face down on the table and each player in turn exposes two cards at a time and replaces them face down if they do not constitute a pair, the object being to take the most pairs by remembering the location of the cards previously exposed.


concentration

/ ˌɒԲəˈٰɪʃə /

noun

  1. intense mental application; complete attention
  2. the act or process of concentrating
  3. something that is concentrated
  4. the strength of a solution, esp the amount of dissolved substance in a given volume of solvent, usually expressed in moles per cubic metre or cubic decimetre (litre) c
  5. the process of increasing the concentration of a solution
  6. military
    1. the act of bringing together military forces
    2. the application of fire from a number of weapons against a target
  7. economics the degree to which the output or employment in an industry is accounted for by only a few firms
  8. another name (esp US) for Pelmanism
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concentration

  1. The amount of a particular substance in a given amount of another substance, especially a solution or mixture.
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Other Word Forms

  • p·Dzc·ٰtDz noun
  • ԴDzcDz··ٰtDz noun
  • v·Dzc·ٰtDz noun
  • cDz··ٰtDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of concentration1

First recorded in 1625–35; concentr(ic) + -ation
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Along with others in the mining industry, he disputes the environmental claims made and has argued that the abyssal zone - 3,000m to 6,000m below sea level - has very low concentrations of life.

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He added: "There is no single concentration where you can definitively say death will occur."

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Newsom attributed California’s showing to a growing population and record tourism spending coupled with a high concentration of venture capital and new business ventures.

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She said she believed a tourist tax "makes sense" in places with a high tourist concentration in a small area like Edinburgh, where "there's a massive shortage of accommodation".

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makes SeaCure interesting is that it is testing whether it might be more efficient to pull planet-warming carbon from the sea, since it's present in greater concentrations in water than in the air.

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