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Concentrated   /kˈɑnsəntrˌeɪtəd/  /kˈɔnsəntrˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
verb
Concentrate  v. t.  (past & past part. concentrated; pres. part. concentrating)  
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."
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."
Synonyms: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.


Concentrate  v. i.  To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.


adjective
concentrated  adj.  
1.
Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a narrow thread of concentrated ore. Note: (Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted))
2.
Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite of distributed or diffused. Note: (Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered; centered, centred, centralized, focused; undivided) (Also See: compact.)
3.
Intense; in an extreme degree; of mental phenomena; as, her concentrated passion held them at bay.
4.
Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. Opposite of dilute or unsaturated. Note: (Narrower terms: supersaturated)
Synonyms: saturated.
5.
Reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of diluted.
Synonyms: condensed.
6.
Characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; of actions; as, concentrated study.
Synonyms: intensive.
7.
Characterized by mental concentration.
Synonyms: intent.





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"Concentrated" Quotes from Famous Books



... fashions and was imitated as was the Head of the House of Coombe but she was enraptured by the fact and the entire power of such gray matter as was held by her small brain cells was concentrated upon her desire to evolve new fantasies and ...
— The Head of the House of Coombe • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... witnesses testify that the seeds of Ricinus (Castor Bean,) dropped here and there in their tunnels will make them leave. A Connecticut lady says a sure remedy is to drop handfuls of salt here and there in their runways. Others put ball potash or concentrated lye in their runs but that is cruel, for it burns wherever it touches. Some use sawdust soaked in tar, or with a stick punch holes here and there along their tunnels and drop in each hole a small quantity ...
— The Mayflower, January, 1905 • Various
... of the other divisions had got across, it was scarcely safe for Washington to remain on the east side of the river in the presence of the vastly superior forces of the enemy, which would be concentrated upon him without delay. So that, after giving the men a much needed rest, securing their booty, and burying the dead, the evening found the little army, with its prisoners, retracing its steps toward the ford ...
— For Love of Country - A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution • Cyrus Townsend Brady
... retribution will ere long arrive," exclaimed my companion. The deep, low, and concentrated tone of his voice roused me from my reveries, he appeared unconscious that he had spoken. "Come, sir," he said, ...
— Manco, the Peruvian Chief - An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas • W.H.G. Kingston
... hammer in his hand and was hitting some object in the roadway over which he was bending with a concentrated interest that made him quite ...
— The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone • Richard Bonner


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