concentration
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “concentration” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- 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.
- A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- 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))
- The matching game pelmanism.
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.
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