concentration
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun [edit]
concentration (usually uncountable; plural concentrations)
- 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.
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Translations [edit]
proportion of substance in a mixture
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The amount of solute present in a solution
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The act or process of concentrating
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The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid
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The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass
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course of study
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See also [edit]
External links [edit]
Concentration (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Concentration (disambiguation)
Concentration (chemistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Concentration (chemistry)
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
First attested 1732 concentrer + -ation.
Noun [edit]
concentration f (plural concentrations)
- concentration (mental state of being concentrated)
- concentration (quality of being concentrated)
- la concentration de sucre
- the concentration of sugar
- la concentration de sucre