Concentrated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. t. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              (He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
                                                    --Motley.
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     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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its
              greatest strength.                    --Arbuthnot.
  
     Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  concentrated \concentrated\ adj.
     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
       adj 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