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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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... portion of the army was concentrated at the Southern extremity of Russia, for it was here that the fleets of the allied powers would be encountered. Like devastating swarms of locusts the semi-barbarous warriors descended upon the fertile fields, destroying ...
— Rabbi and Priest - A Story • Milton Goldsmith
... Marshes (DuxBrabantioe), and the free tribes, united under the common name of Frisons, the same struggle was maintained as that which formerly existed between the Salians and the Saxons. Toward the year 700, the French monarchy was torn by anarchy, and, under "the lazy kings," lost much of its concentrated power; but every dukedom formed an independent sovereignty, and of all those that of Brabant was the most redoubtable. Nevertheless the Frisons, under their king, Radbod, assumed for a moment the superiority; and Utrecht, where the French had established Christianity, ...
— Holland - The History of the Netherlands • Thomas Colley Grattan
... there was Collins. As she acknowledged his bow, she was struck anew with the concentrated secretiveness of his appearance. There was a new look in his eyes this morning, a look as though he were watching her, and it made her vaguely uneasy. But the feeling passed as they turned eastward along the promenade, and she soon forgot all about him, for—quite exceptionally—her ...
— Affairs of State • Burton E. Stevenson
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— LOC WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS • James Daly
... did was to take Chia Jung and his wife, the two of them, and come and ask them round in person. Dowager lady Chia and the other inmates crossed over after their early meal; and they at once promenaded the Hui Fang (Concentrated Fragrance) Garden. First tea was served, and next wine; but the entertainment was no more than a family banquet of the kindred of the two mansions of Ning and Jung, so that there was a total lack of any novel or original recreation that ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin


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