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concentration

concentration

101 4.0
Amount of a substance in a liquid or solution
  • noun
  • /ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : concentración
  • Scientists are studying the concentration of pollutants in the river to assess environmental impact.

And we found that the ingredients have very different concentrations than in solar system materials.

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Examples

  • For example, when factories burn coal, they release high concentrations of sulfur oxides.

  • The DuPont Company has advised the Lubeck Water District that low concentrations have been found in the district's wells.

  • OK, The analysis that was done was mostly to find the concentration of the air.

  • So this is the local concentration driving force in the device.

  • It's the same as the concentration in plasma, right?

  • So E is the concentration of the incoming salt.

  • The UK population has one of the highest average cholesterol concentrations in the world.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Preliminary tests indicate the victim had a high concentration of serotonin in the brain stem.

  • Thus, all samples had a final concentration of 0.5% HCl and 2% HNO3.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Follow-up investigation attributed the high concentration to a recent over-treatment of a nearby pond with simazine.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

quantity
vsconcentration
179 1.6

An amount of something you can measure or count

is the specific amount of substance dissolved in a solution
content
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
129 4.8

The amount of a substance in something, for example fat or alcohol

refers more narrowly to amount in a liquid solution
strength
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
88 2.8

How much effect a medicine, liquid, or signal has

refers specifically to amount of substance in a solution
titer
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
3 9.4

A measure of how much of a substance is in a liquid, for example antibodies in the blood

is the basic measure of amount not tied to titration
osmolarity
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
1 8.8

The amount of tiny dissolved particles in a liquid that is measured per liter

measures overall substance amount, not only particle numbers
molarity
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
6.7

The amount of dissolved substance in one liter of solution

is the general amount of substance in a solution
molar concentration
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
5.6

Amount of a substance dissolved in one liter of solution measured in moles per liter

is the broader measure of substance amount in solution
molality
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
9.5

The number of moles of dissolved substance in one kilogram of liquid like water

measures amount per volume rather than per mass
molal concentration
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
8.6

The amount of dissolved substance in each kilogram of the liquid that holds it

uses volume-based amount rather than solvent mass
osmolality
vsconcentration
  • Specialized
9.6

The amount of dissolved particles in one kilogram of a liquid

measures overall substance amount, not only particle numbers

Antonyms

dilution
  • Specialized
11 4.4

Making a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid

Compounds

concentration camp
  • Offensive
49 5.6

A place where many people are imprisoned without trial in harsh, crowded conditions

concentration camp
  • Offensive
3 6.8

A place or situation where people are kept under very harsh, crowded, and controlled conditions

1 6.0

A gradual change in the amount of a dissolved substance from high to low across a space

A place like a prison in northwest Germany where Nazis held and killed many Jewish people during World War II

A camp in central Germany run by the Nazis where many people are imprisoned and killed during World War II

A Nazi camp near Munich where the government locked up and killed Jews and other people during the Holocaust

A camp in southwest Poland where Nazis killed many people, mostly Jewish people, during World War II

molar concentration
  • Specialized
5.6

Amount of a substance dissolved in one liter of solution measured in moles per liter

molal concentration
  • Specialized
8.6

The amount of dissolved substance in each kilogram of the liquid that holds it

5.7

The amount of hydrogen ions in a liquid that shows how acidic it is

How Concentrated

supersaturated
  • Specialized
8.3
saturated
  • Specialized
5 4.7
concentration
  • Specialized
101 4.0

Surface Forms

concentration singular

Morphology

concentration = concentrate (transparent) = concentrate + ion

A standard nominalization of the verb 'concentrate' with the productive suffix '-ion'; learners who know the verb can infer the noun meaning.

Etymology

Concentration comes from the parts con- 'together' and center 'middle', so it originally meant 'bringing things to the middle'. That's why in science it now describes how much of a substance is crowded together in a solution.