Lexic.us

Definition of Concentrated

1. Adjective. Gathered together or made less diffuse. "A narrow thread of concentrated ore"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced.

3. Adjective. Intensely focused. "Her concentrated passion held them at bay"

4. Adjective. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source.

5. Adjective. Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. "A saturated solution"

Definition of Concentrated

1. Adjective. Not dilute; having a high concentration. ¹

2. Adjective. Intense; directed towards a specific location. ¹

3. Verb. (past of concentrate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Concentrated

1. concentrate [v] - See also: concentrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Concentrated

concelebrants concelebrate concelebrated concelebrates concelebrating concelebration concelebrations concensus concent concenter

concentered concentering concenters concentrate concentrate on concentrated (current term) concentrated fire concentrated human red blood corpuscle concentratedly concentrates

concentrating concentration concentration-effect curve concentration-response curve concentration camp concentration camps concentration cell concentration gradient concentrations concentrative

Literary usage of Concentrated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1912)
"Any person, company, corporation, or agent that shall sell or offer, or expose for sale, any concentrated commercial feeding stuff in this state, ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"These were half filled with concentrated sulfuric acid. ... Hydrochloric acid gas was generated by dropping concentrated sulfuric acid from the buret C into ..."

3. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"THE ACTION OF VACCINES AND OF concentrated ... For this reason it was thought advisable to make some experiments with concentrated serum. ..."

4. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"After total solution, add concentrated HNO3 sufficient for complete oxidation. ... HNO3 (concentrated) and just bring to a boil, •Stir out all nitrous fumes ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The Indians, who had been concentrated on and near the Missouri river, about fifty miles above this post, had meantime crossed to the south-west side of the ..."

6. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"... for the first THG concentrated INHABITANT. time that mysterious marvel which all Western un - traveled boys have heard of and fully believe in, ..."

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