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concentration

  • /ˌkɒn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ UK
  • /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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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.

noun concentrations

  1. uncountable, usually The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. The Koreans Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.
  2. uncountable, usually The direction of attention to a specific object.
  3. uncountable, usually The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  4. uncountable, usually 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. uncountable, usually A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  6. uncountable, usually The proportion of a substance in a whole. The Koreans Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.
  7. physical, uncountable, usually The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
  8. uncountable, usually The matching game pelmanism.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: engrossment, assiduousness, assiduity, compactness, denseness, absorption, density, concentrated, attention, emphasis, focused, concentrate, observable, refocusing, focusing, focussing

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noun act or process of concentrating

Españolconcentración
한국어집중 jipjung, 집중력 jipjungnyeok
日本語集中 shūchū, 集中力 shūchū-ryoku
中文專注力 /专注力 zhuānzhù-lì
Portuguêsconcentração
Françaisconcentration
DeutschKonzentration
Italianoconcentrazione
Ελληνικάσυγκέντρωση sygkéntrosi
Românăconcentrare
Русскийконцентра́ция koncentrácija
العربيةتَرْكِيز tarkīz
עבריתריכוז rikuz

noun act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid

Españolconcentración
Portuguêsconcentração
Françaisconcentration
DeutschKonzentration
Italianoconcentrazione
Românăconcentrare
Русскийсгуще́ние sguščénije

noun proportion of substance in a mixture

Españolconcentración
한국어농도 nongdo
日本語濃度 nōdo
中文濃度 /浓度 nóngdù
हिन्दीसांद्रता sāndratā
Portuguêsconcentração
Françaisconcentration
DeutschKonzentration
Italianoconcentrazione
Ελληνικάσυγκέντρωση sygkéntrosi
Românăconcentrație
Русскийконцентра́ция koncentrácija
العربيةتَرْكِيز tarkīz
עבריתריכוז rikuz

noun direction of attention to a specific object

한국어집중 jipjung

noun act or process of removing the dress of ore

Русскийобогаще́ние obogaščénije

noun chemistry: amount of solute present in a solution

Españolconcentración
한국어농도 nongdo
हिन्दीसांद्रता sāndratā
Portuguêsconcentração
Françaisconcentration
Italianoconcentrazione
Românăconcentrație
Русскийконцентра́ция koncentrácija
العربيةتَرْكِيز tarkīz

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@misc{concentration_2026,
  title = {concentration},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/concentration},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}