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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.]
Reconcentrado
Reconcentrado Re*con`cen*tra"do, n. [Sp., p.p. of reconcentrar
to inclose, to reconcentrate.]
Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, the
Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of
the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military
authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and
later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns
themselves.
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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