Concentration (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
  2. exclusive attention to one object; close mental application.
  3. something concentrated: a concentration of stars.
  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. (in a solution) a measure of the amount of dissolved substance contained per unit of volume.
  7. 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.
noun
  1. intense mental application; complete attention
  2. the act or process of concentrating
  3. something that is concentrated
  4. the strength of a solution, esp the amount of dissolved substance in a given volume of solvent, usually expressed in moles per cubic metre or cubic decimetre (litre)
  5. the process of increasing the concentration of a solution
  6. military
    • the act of bringing together military forces
    • the application of fire from a number of weapons against a target
  7. the degree to which the output or employment in an industry is accounted for by only a few firms
  8. another name (esp US) for Pelmanism
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