Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Brought to a common point or center.
- Increased in strength or purity by concentration: as, a concentrated solution of morphia; concentrated sulphuric acid.
- In pathology, applied to the pulse when there is a contracted condition of the artery.
- In zoology, brought together in one region of the body, and more or less combined: said of organs and parts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a high density of (the indicated substance).
- adjective Gathered together or made less diffuse. Opposite of
distributed ordiffused . - adjective Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena.
- adjective being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. Opposite of
dilute orunsaturated . - adjective reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form. Opposite of
diluted . - adjective characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; -- of actions.
- adjective characterized by mental concentration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
dilute ; having a highconcentration . - adjective
Intense ;directed towards a specific location. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
concentrate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective gathered together or made less diffuse
- adjective intensely focused
- adjective (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- adjective being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- adjective of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
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Examples
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The pilots tell the NTSB they looked at the computers during what they called a concentrated period of discussion of scheduling issues arising from the merger of Northwest and Delta.
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The pilots tell the NTSB they looked at the computers during what they called a concentrated period of discussion of scheduling issues arising from the merger of Northwest and Delta.
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The pilots tell the NTSB they looked at the computers during what they called a concentrated period of discussion of scheduling issues arising from the merger of Northwest and Delta.
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Think of the number of products and services that are driven by what I call concentrated attractors - ingredients that, in nature, attract us to what is good for us, but in the economy, are often concentrated to such a degree that they squeeze out almost everything of real value.
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Did it with what he called a concentrated thought force.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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NTIA said the FCC needs to look at what it called concentrated markets for broadband where competition is lacking, including markets where there may be two providers but only one with sufficient speeds for applications like streamed video.
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization estimated Thursday that 1 billion of the world's poorest people suffer from neglected tropical diseases such as dengue, rabies and leprosy that remain concentrated in remote rural areas and urban slums despite being mostly eradicated from large areas of the world.
1 Billion Suffer From Hidden Tropical Diseases, Says WHO AP 2010
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The next apparent step in concentrated energy production is fusion power, but even the research into developing fusion power is hideously expensive … so expensive that there are only a comparative handful of research projects pressing forward.
The Human Future « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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The next apparent step in concentrated energy production is fusion power, but even the research into developing fusion power is hideously expensive … so expensive that there are only a comparative handful of research projects pressing forward.
November « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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Everything exhibited by adults, with the possible exception of adult sexuality, is there in concentrated and chaotic form.
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