CONCENTRATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concentrated mean? 

• CONCENTRATED (adjective)
  The adjective CONCENTRATED has 5 senses:

1. gathered together or made less diffuse

2. of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced

3. intensely focused

4. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

5. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance

  Familiarity information: CONCENTRATED used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCENTRATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gathered together or made less diffuse

Context example:

a narrow thread of concentrated ore

Similar:

bunchy (occurring close together in bunches or clusters)

thick (having component parts closely crowded together)

cumulous (thrown together in a pile)

exclusive; single; undivided (not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective)

thickset (planted or growing close together)

Also:

compact (closely and firmly united or packed together)

Antonym:

distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced

Similar:

undiluted (not diluted)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Intensely focused

Context example:

her concentrated passion held them at bay

Similar:

intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

Synonyms:

concentrated; hard

Sense 5

Meaning:

Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance

Synonyms:

concentrated; saturated

Context example:

a saturated solution

Similar:

supersaturated (being more concentrated than normally possible and therefore not in equilibrium)

 Context examples 

A test to measure how much urine is made and how concentrated it becomes when no fluid is given to a patient for a certain amount of time.

(Fluid deprivation test, NCI Dictionary)

Excess sodium was thus released in concentrated urine.

(How the body regulates salt levels, NIH)

IDPs are instrumental to cellular function, and many biomedical engineers have concentrated their efforts on an extremely useful IDP called elastin.

(Biomaterial Artificial Protein Helps Heal Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Bile is concentrated and stored in the gallbladder.

(Gallbladder, NCI Dictionary)

The production of concentrated proteins from human plasma during a protein purification process.

(Human Blood Product-Derived Intermediate Paste Production, NCI Thesaurus)

In a concentrated form, it is toxic and irritating to tissues.

(Hydrogen peroxide, NCI Dictionary)

JunoCam data has detected atmospheric wave trains, towering atmospheric structures that trail one after the other as they roam the planet, with most concentrated near Jupiter's equator.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)

For example, the salt in urine may become more concentrated when a person doesn’t drink enough water.

(Concentration, NCI Dictionary)

The results show that animals can read subtle ocean cues and follow them to where food is concentrated.

(Blue sharks use ocean eddies as fast-tracks to food, National Science Foundation)

On Earth, strontium is found naturally in the soil and is concentrated in certain minerals.

(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)