[syn: saturated, concentrated]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] [Pref. con-
+ L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]
1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite
more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to
fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to
concentrate the attention.
[1913 Webster]
(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
--Motley.
[1913 Webster]
2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a
liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless
material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by
evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to
dilute.
[1913 Webster]
Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its
greatest strength. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
concentrated \concentrated\ adj.
1. Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a
narrow thread of concentrated ore.
Note: [Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted)]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their
concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite
of distributed or diffused.
Note: [Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered;
centered, centred, centralized, focused;
undivided] [Also See: compact.]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena; as,
her concentrated passion held them at bay.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given
temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance.
Opposite of dilute or unsaturated.
Note: [Narrower terms: supersaturated]
Syn: saturated.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as,
concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of diluted.
Syn: condensed.
[WordNet 1.5]
6. characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from
without; -- of actions; as, concentrated study.
Syn: intensive.
[WordNet 1.5]
7. characterized by mental concentration.
Syn: intent.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
concentrated
adj 1: gathered together or made less diffuse; "their
concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention";
"concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated
ore" [ant: distributed]
2: of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
3: intensely focused; "her concentrated passion held them at
bay"
4: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
[syn: hard, concentrated] [ant: diffuse, diffused,
soft]
5: being the most concentrated solution possible at a given
temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a
saturated solution" [syn: saturated, concentrated] [ant:
unsaturated]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "concentrated":
advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive,
aware, axial, careful, centermost, central, centralized, centric,
centroidal, centrosymmetric, clamped, close, close-knit,
close-textured, close-woven, compact, compacted, complete,
compressed, concrete, condensed, congested, conscious,
consolidated, constricted, contracted, crammed, crammed full,
cramped, crowded, dense, desperate, diligent, earnest, entire,
exclusive, exquisite, fierce, finical, finicking, finicky, firm,
fixed, full-bodied, furious, geocentric, gluey, hard, heavy,
heedful, impenetrable, impermeable, intense, intent, intentive,
jam-packed, jammed, key, knitted, lusty, massive, meticulous,
middle, middlemost, midmost, mindful, nice, niggling, nipped,
nonporous, observant, observing, omphalic, on the ball, on the job,
open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, packed, pinched, pinched-in,
pivotal, potent, puckered, pursed, regardful, robust, serried,
solid, solidified, squeezed, strangled, strangulated, substantial,
terrible, thick, thick-growing, thickset, total, umbilical,
undistracted, undivided, unswerving, vehement, vicious, violent,
viscid, viscose, viscous, wasp-waisted, watchful, wrinkled