Concentrate vs Elixir - What's the difference?
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(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
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 (qualifier, as opposed to 'dilute').
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
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, chapter=2 To focus one's thought or attention (on).
(alchemy) A liquid which converts lead to gold.
* 2002 , Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2004, p. 59:
A liquid which is believed to cure all ills and gives eternal life.
(pharmacy) A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.
Concentrate is a related term of elixir.
As a verb concentrate
is .As a noun elixir is
elixir (pharmacy: sweet taste-masking liquid).concentrate
English
Verb
(concentrat)- to concentrate rays of light into a focus
- to concentrate the attention
- Let me concentrate !
- to concentrate acid by evaporation
- to concentrate by washing
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
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Derived terms
* concentratedelixir
English
Noun
(en noun)- For Chinese alchemists, gold held the key to the Elixir , the Eastern equivalent of the Philosopher's Stone.