concentration

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia concentration (plural concentrations)

1. The proportion of a substance in a mixture.
   1. (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in parts per million (ppm)
2. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
   1. The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
   2. 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.
3. A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.

Synonyms

• (course of study): major

Translations

proportion of substance in a mixture

Bulgarian: концентрация (bg) f. Catalan: concentració (ca) f. Dutch: concentratie (nl) f. German: Konzentration (de) f. Greek: συγκέντρωση (el) (sinkéntrosi) f. Hebrew: ריכוז (rikuz) m. Italian: concentrazione (it) f. Japanese: 濃度 (ja)

Malay: kepekatan (ms) Polish: stężenie (pl) n. Portuguese: concentração (pt) f., concentrações (pt) pl. Romanian: concentrație (ro) f. Turkish: konsantrasyon (tr), derişim (tr)

The amount of solute measured in ppm

Bulgarian: концентрация (bg) f. Italian: concentrazione (it) f. Lithuanian: koncentracija (lt) f.

Polish: stężenie (pl) n. Sindhi: ڳُوڙهائي f.

The act or process of concentrating

Bulgarian: концентриране (bg), сгъстяване (bg) n. Catalan: concentració (ca) f. Dutch: concentratie (nl) Finnish: keskittyminen German: Konzentration (de) f. Greek: συγκέντρωση (el) (sinkéntrosi) f.

Hebrew: ריכוז (rikuz) m. Italian: concentrazione (it) f. Lithuanian: koncentracija (lt) f. Russian: концентрация (ru) (koncentrácija) m. Turkish: konsantrasyon (tr), motivasyon (tr)

The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid

Bulgarian: сгъстяване (bg) n. Catalan: concentració (ca) f. Dutch: concentratie (nl)

German: Konzentration (de) f. Italian: concentrazione (it) f. Russian: сгущение (ru) (sguš'énije) n.

The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass

Bulgarian: обогатяване (bg) n.

Russian: обогащение (ru) (obogaš'énije) n.

course of study

Latin: animadversio (la)

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Hebrew: ריכוז, rikuz, m.

Portuguese: concentração f. Spanish: concentración Greek: συγκέντρωση f.

See also

• salinity

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Etymology

From concentrer.

Noun

concentration f.

1. concentration