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noun

Concentration n.

The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration. "Concentration of the lunar beams." "Intense concetration of thought."

The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation. "The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration."

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Concentration" Quotes from Famous Books

... governments to prosecute successfully a just and necessary foreign war with all the vigor usually attributed to more arbitrary forms of government. It has been usual for writers on public law to impute to republics a want of that unity, concentration of purpose, and vigor of execution which are generally admitted to belong to the monarchical and aristocratic forms; and this feature of popular government has been supposed to display itself more particularly in the conduct of a war carried on in an enemy's territory. The war with ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... with their personal property, except such as was contraband. If they remained they were to enjoy the exercise of their private rights in common with neutral residents. They were not to be transferred to concentration camps nor their property sequestered except under conditions applying to neutral property. Patent rights of the respective nationals in either country were not to be declared void nor be transferred to others. ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

... seeming irrelevance]. I wish I could teach you concentration. I'm not strong enough to ...

— Washington Square Plays - Volume XX, The Drama League Series of Plays • Various

... of his concentration, the boy—an ancient man in some phases of thought, much younger than his years in others—was overtaken by a light-footed pedestrian, whom, notwithstanding the gloom, he could perceive to be wearing ...

— Jude the Obscure • Thomas Hardy

... down to the intellectual repast. It was a feast, and we enjoyed it. I always have enjoyed the Richmond editorials. If I were a poet, I should study them for epithets. Exhausting the dictionary, their authors ransack heaven, earth, and the other place, and into one expression throw such a concentration of scorn, hate, fury, or exultation as is absolutely stunning to a man of ordinary nerves. Talk of their being bridled! They never had a bit in their mouths. Before the war they ran wild, and now they ride rough-shod over decorum, decency, and Davis himself. ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 • Various

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