concentration
NounUS[kon-suhn-trey-shuhn]/ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (7)concentrations
- the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volumeType of propertyKinds titer, molarity, hydrogen ion concentration, molality
- the spatial property of being crowded togetherSynonyms: densitydensenesstightnesscompactnessType of spacing, spatial arrangement
- strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting materialOpposite dilutionType of strengtheningKinds pervaporation
- increase in densityType of increaseKinds compaction, compression
- complete attention; intense mental effortSynonyms: engrossmentabsorptionimmersionType of attentionKinds focus, study, specialism
- bringing together military forcesType of assembly, assemblage
- great and constant diligence and attentionSynonyms: assiduityassiduousness
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Translations
Noun act or process of concentrating
- Spanish
- concentración
- French
- concentration
- German
- Konzentration
- Italian
- concentrazione
- Portuguese
- concentração
- Turkish
- konsantrasyon
- Russian
- концентра́ция koncentrácija
- Arabic
- تَرْكِيز tarkīz
- Chinese
- 集中 jízhōng
- Japanese
- 集中 shūchū
19 more languages
- Dutch
- concentratie
- Polish
- koncentracja
- Swedish
- koncentration
- Greek
- συγκέντρωση sygkéntrosi
- Korean
- 집중 jipjung
- Indonesian
- konsentrasi
- Vietnamese
- nồng độ
- Hungarian
- koncentráció
- Portuguese (PT)
- concentração
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 濃度 nóngdù
- Catalan
- concentració
- Czech
- koncentrace
- Danish
- koncentration
- Finnish
- keskitys
- Hebrew
- ריכוז rikuz
- Lithuanian
- koncentracija
- Norwegian
- konsentrasjon
- Romanian
- concentrare
- Serbo-Croatian
- koncentracija
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con′cen·tra′tion noun
Origin: Cf. F. concentration.
1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.
Concentration of the lunar beams.— Robert Boyle
Intense concetration of thought.— Sir John Frederick William Herschel
2. The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration.— Knight, Edward Henry
3. Metallurgy The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54