Definitions for concentration

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concentration con·cen·tra·tion

Spelling: [kon-suh n-trey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌkɒn sənˈtreɪ ʃən/

Concentration is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 882 anagrams from letters in concentration (acceinnnoortt).

Definitions for concentration

noun

1. the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
2. exclusive attention to one object; close mental application.
3. something concentrated:
4. Military. the assembling of military or naval forces in a particular area in preparation for further operations. a specified intensity and duration of artillery fire placed on a small area.
5. the focusing of a student's academic program on advanced study in a specific subject or field.
6. Chemistry. (in a solution) a measure of the amount of dissolved substance contained per unit of volume.
7. Also called memory. Cards. a game in which all 52 cards are spread out face down on the table and each player in turn exposes two cards at a time and replaces them face down if they do not constitute a pair, the object being to take the most pairs by remembering the location of the cards previously exposed.

Origin of concentration

First recorded in 1625-35; concentr(ic) + -ation

Examples for concentration

The concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, is at 153 micrograms per cubic meter.

Let us now consider some of the implications of this concentration on rendering service.

She described the influence of her mother, a concentration camp survivor.

This is important in the concentration process, which takes place by means of an extraordinarily measured period of boiling.

He has the constitution of a rhinoceros, the digestion of an ostrich, and the concentration of an oyster.

And how was I to know, then, that the concentration was due to the necessity of invention?

Within a concentration camp, would someone make a joke about the number, the tattooed number?

Oh, gentlemen, have ye ever seen such a concentration of vice?

At any moment, the slightest loss in concentration could see a disastrous tumble.

“Quite,” said Barter, whose face was now a mask of concentration.