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concentration.

The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

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noun/ˌkɒn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/Received-Pronunciation/ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/General-American
  1. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

    uncountable · usually
  2. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. The direction of attention to a specific object.

    uncountable · usually
  3. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

    uncountable · usually
  4. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. 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.

    uncountable · usually
  5. A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.

    uncountable · usually
  6. The proportion of a substance in a whole.

    uncountable · usually
  7. The proportion of a substance in a whole. The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))

    physical · uncountable · usually
  8. The matching game pelmanism.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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.

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