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Concentrate
Concentrate Con*cen"trate (? or ?), v. i.
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as,
population tends to concentrate in cities.
ConcentrateConcentrate Con*cen"trate (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] [Pref. con-
+ L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]
1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite
more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to
fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to
concentrate the attention.
(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
--Motley.
2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a
liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless
material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by
evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to
dilute.
Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its
greatest strength. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate. ConcentratedConcentrate Con*cen"trate (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] [Pref. con-
+ L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]
1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite
more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to
fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to
concentrate the attention.
(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
--Motley.
2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a
liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless
material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by
evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to
dilute.
Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its
greatest strength. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate. ConcentratingConcentrate Con*cen"trate (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] [Pref. con-
+ L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]
1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite
more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to
fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to
concentrate the attention.
(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
--Motley.
2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a
liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless
material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by
evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to
dilute.
Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its
greatest strength. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate. Concentration
Concentration Con`cen*tra"tion, n. [Cf. F. concentration.]
1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of
becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated;
concentration.
Concentration of the lunar beams. --Boyle.
Intense concetration of thought. --Sir J.
Herschel.
2. The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as
by evaporation.
The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration.
--Knight.
3. (Metal.) 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.
Concentrative
Concentrative Con*cen"tra*tive, a.
Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by
concentration.
A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative
act, or act of attention. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Concentrativeness
Concentrativeness Con*cen"tra*tive*ness, n.
1. The quality of concentrating.
2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with
concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers.
--Combe.
Concentrator
Concentrator Con"cen*tra`tor, n. (Firearms)
A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the
cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot
together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a
device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the
same purpose.
Concentrator
Concentrator Con"cen*tra`tor, n. (Mining)
An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by
exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. --Knight.
Deconcentrate
Deconcentrate De`con*cen"trate, v. t.
To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.]
Deconcentration
Deconcentration De*con`cen*tra"tion, n.
Act of deconcentrating. [R.]
Reconcentrate
Reconcentrate Re`con*cen"trate, v. t. & i.
To concentrate again; to concentrate thoroughly.
Reconcentration
Reconcentration Re*con`cen*tra"tion, n.
The act of reconcentrating or the state of being
reconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the
rural population in or about towns and villages for
convenience in political or military administration, as in
Cuba during the revolution of 1895-98.
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