English Explanatory Dictionary

concentration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
  2. The direction of attention to a specific object.
  3. The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  4. 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.
  5. A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  6. The proportion of a substance in a whole.
  7. The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
  8. The matching game pelmanism.

Pronunciation

/ˌkɒn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-concentration.wav /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ En-us-concentration.ogg

Word forms

concentration concentrations

Etymology

From New Latin concentrātiō (“(1550) action or an act of coming together at a single place; (1659) extraction or separation of one or more of the metals present in an alloy”). Compare French concentration, Spanish concentración, Italian concentrazione (last quarter of 16th century). Equivalent to concentrate + -ion. By surface analysis, con- + centre + -ate + -ion.

Related words

salinity

Derived words

bioconcentration concentrational concentration camp concentration cell concentration effect concentration table concentration time concentration-time curve critical micelle concentration cryoconcentration deconcentration haemoconcentration hemoconcentration hyperconcentration leukoconcentration mascon minimum inhibitory concentration molal concentration molar concentration n-firm concentration ratio nonconcentration overconcentration preconcentration radioconcentration reconcentration superconcentration time of concentration

Translations

Arabic: تَرْكِيز Azerbaijani: təmərküz Azerbaijani: təmərküzləşmə Azerbaijani: qatılaşma Azerbaijani: qatılıq Bulgarian: концентриране Bulgarian: сгъстяване Bulgarian: концентрация Catalan: concentració Chinese Mandarin: 專注力 /专注力 Chinese Mandarin: 濃度 /浓度 Czech: koncentrace Danish: koncentration Dutch: concentratie Finnish: keskittäminen Finnish: keskitys Finnish: keskittyminen Finnish: tiivistäminen Finnish: väkevöittäminen Finnish: pitoisuus Finnish: konsentraatio French: concentration German: Konzentration Greek: συγκέντρωση Ancient Greek: συγκέντρωσις Hebrew: ריכוז Indonesian: konsentrasi Italian: concentrazione Japanese: 集中 Japanese: 集中力 Japanese: 濃度 Korean: 집중 Korean: 집중력 Korean: 농도 Lithuanian: koncentracija Malay: pemekatan Malay: konsentrasi Malay: kepekatan Māori: kukūtanga Mongolian: анхаарал Mongolian: анхаарал төвлөрөх Mongolian: ᠠᠩᠬᠠᠷᠤᠯ Mongolian: ᠠᠩᠬᠠᠷᠤᠯ ᠲᠥᠪᠯᠡᠷᠡᠬᠦ Persian: تمرکز Polish: koncentracja Polish: skupienie Polish: stężenie Portuguese: concentração Romanian: concentrare Romanian: concentrație Russian: концентра́ция Russian: сгуще́ние Spanish: concentración Swedish: koncentration Tagalog: pagpapalapot Tagalog: damsik Tagalog: lapot Turkish: konsantrasyon Turkish: motivasyon Turkish: derişim Ukrainian: концентра́ція Ukrainian: зосередженість Afrikaans: konsentrasie Hindi: सांद्रता Northern Kurdish: xestî Telugu: గాఢత
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