'Concentration' definitions:
Definition of 'concentration'
From: WordNet
noun
The strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
noun
The spatial property of being crowded together [syn: concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactness] [ant: dispersion, distribution]
noun
Strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material [ant: dilution]
noun
Increase in density
noun
noun
Bringing together military forces
noun
Great and constant diligence and attention [syn: assiduity, assiduousness, concentration]
Definition of 'Concentration'
From: GCIDE
- Concentration \Con`cen*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. concentration.]
- 1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration. [1913 Webster]
- Concentration of the lunar beams. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- Intense concetration of thought. --Sir J. Herschel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation. [1913 Webster]
- The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Metal.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'concentration'
From: GCIDE
- Dephlegmation \De`phleg*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]flegmation.] (Chem.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'concentration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- absorbed attention,
- absorption,
- abstraction,
- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- advertence,
- advertency,
- agglutination,
- aggravation,
- alertness,
- application,
- approach,
- ardor,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- asymptote,
- attention,
- attention span,
- attentiveness,
- awareness,
- beefing-up,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- bottleneck,
- brown study,
- bulldog tenacity,
- care,
- centering,
- centralism,
- centralization,
- cervix,
- circumscription,
- close study,
- clumping,
- clustering,
- coarctation,
- collision course,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentralization,
- concentrate,
- concourse,
- concretion,
- concurrence,
- condensation,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congress,
- consciousness,
- consideration,
- consolidation,
- constancy,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contemplation,
- contemplativeness,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- convergence,
- converging,
- crossing,
- curtailment,
- debate,
- decoction,
- decrease,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- deepening,
- deliberation,
- densification,
- diligence,
- diminuendo,
- distillate,
- distillation,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- ear,
- earnestness,
- elixir,
- endurance,
- energeticalness,
- energy,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- enhancement,
- enthrallment,
- essence,
- exacerbation,
- exaggeration,
- explosion,
- expression,
- extract,
- extraction,
- fervor,
- fidelity,
- firmness,
- firmness of mind,
- fixedness,
- flintiness,
- focalization,
- focus,
- focusing,
- funnel,
- hardening,
- heating-up,
- heed,
- heedfulness,
- heightening,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- hub,
- immersion,
- indefatigability,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- inflexibility,
- information explosion,
- infusion,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- intensification,
- intentiveness,
- intentness,
- involvement,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- laboriousness,
- loyalty,
- magnification,
- meditation,
- meeting,
- melancholy,
- mindfulness,
- monomania,
- musing,
- mutual approach,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- narrowing gap,
- neck,
- note,
- notice,
- observance,
- observation,
- obsession,
- obstinacy,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- pensiveness,
- permanence,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pickup,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- pooling,
- population explosion,
- preoccupation,
- pressing,
- profound thought,
- puckering,
- purification,
- pursing,
- quintessence,
- radius,
- rapt attention,
- redoubling,
- reduction,
- refinement,
- reflectiveness,
- regard,
- regardfulness,
- reinforcement,
- relentlessness,
- remark,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- resolution,
- respect,
- reverie,
- rigidity,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- settledness,
- shortening,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- soaking,
- solidification,
- speculativeness,
- speedup,
- spirit,
- spokes,
- squeezing,
- stability,
- stamina,
- staunchness,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- steeliness,
- steeping,
- step-up,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- strengthening,
- strenuousness,
- striction,
- stricture,
- stubbornness,
- studiousness,
- study,
- submersion,
- systole,
- tangent,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- thought,
- thoughtfulness,
- tightening,
- tirelessness,
- trueness,
- unremittingness,
- unsparingness,
- unswerving attention,
- unyieldingness,
- vehemence,
- wasp waist,
- wistfulness,
- wrinkling,
- zealousness
Words containing 'Concentration'
- Concentrate,
- Concentrated,
- Concentrating,
- Concentrative,
- Concentrativeness,
- Concentrator,
- Concentre,
- Concentred,
- Concentric,
- Concentrical,
- Concentrically,
- Concentricity,
- Concentring,
- concentrate on,
- concentrated fire,
- concentration camp,
- concentration gradient,
- molal concentration,
- molar concentration,
- tomato concentrate,
- hydrogen ion concentration,
- orange-juice concentrate