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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Concentrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concentrating}.] [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. {Concenter}.]
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. --Motley.
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. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
concentrated \concentrated\ adjective
1. Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a narrow thread of concentrated ore.
Note: [Narrower terms: {undiluted} (vs. diluted)] [WordNet 1.5]
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}.] [WordNet 1.5]
3. Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena; as, her concentrated passion held them at bay. [WordNet 1.5]
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}]
Syn: saturated. [WordNet 1.5]
5. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of {diluted}.
Syn: condensed. [WordNet 1.5]
6. characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; -- of actions; as, concentrated study.
Syn: intensive. [WordNet 1.5]
7. characterized by mental concentration.
Syn: intent. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
concentrated
adjective
1: gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore" [ant: {distributed}]
2: of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
3: intensely focused; "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; "a saturated solution" [syn: {saturated}] [ant: {unsaturated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "concentrated": advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aware, axial, careful, centermost, central, centralized, centric, centroidal, centrosymmetric, clamped, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, compact, compacted, complete, compressed, concrete, condensed, congested, conscious, consolidated, constricted, contracted, crammed, crammed full, cramped, crowded, dense, desperate, diligent, earnest, entire, exclusive, exquisite, fierce, finical, finicking, finicky, firm, fixed, full-bodied, furious, geocentric, gluey, hard, heavy, heedful, impenetrable, impermeable, intense, intent, intentive, jam-packed, jammed, key, knitted, lusty, massive, meticulous, middle, middlemost, midmost, mindful, nice, niggling, nipped, nonporous, observant, observing, omphalic, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, packed, pinched, pinched-in, pivotal, potent, puckered, pursed, regardful, robust, serried, solid, solidified, squeezed, strangled, strangulated, substantial, terrible, thick, thick-growing, thickset, total, umbilical, undistracted, undivided, unswerving, vehement, vicious, violent, viscid, viscose, viscous, wasp-waisted, watchful, wrinkled
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