Concentration vs Concretization - What's the difference?
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The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
# The direction of attention to a specific object.
# The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
# The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
The proportion of a substance in a whole.
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, title= # (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
The matching game pelmanism.
(uncountable) The process of concretizing]] a general principle or idea by delineating, [[particularize, particularizing, or exemplifying it.
* 1934 , J. Tinbergen, "Annual Survey of Significant Developments in General Economic Theory," Econometrica , vol. 2, no. 1, p. 25:
* 1961 , H. Kelsen, General Theory of Law and State , p. 237:
(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.
* 1979 , Trudy Scott, "Stuart Sherman's Singular Spectacles," The Drama Review: TDR , vol. 23, no. 1, p. 75:
* 1993 , Lubomír Doležel, "Semiotic Poetics of the Prague School," in Irene Rima Makaryk (ed.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms , ISBN 9780802068606,
(uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.
* 1969 , E. Drage and B. Lange, "Ethical Considerations in the Use of Patients for Demonstration," The American Journal of Nursing , vol. 69, no. 10, p. 2165:
As nouns the difference between concentration and concretization
is that concentration is the act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated while concretization is (uncountable) the process of concretizing]] a general principle or idea by delineating, [[particularize|particularizing, or exemplifying it.concentration
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(en-noun)Philip J. Bushnell, magazine=(American Scientist)
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
Coordinate terms
* (course of study) major, minorSee also
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Alternative forms
* concretisationNoun
- There are certain fields in general economics that are at present not so much in need of a broadening of the theoretical basis as in need of a minute working-out and concretization .
- [Law] proceeds from the general (abstract) to the individual (particular); it is a process of increasing individualization and concretization .
- This movement gave Sherman his first image—a roller skate—a concretization of pure motion.
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- Vodicka's reception history is an empirical study of the post-genesis fortunes of literary works as attested in recorded concretizations (diaries, memoirs, letters, critical reviews, and essays).
- Another [patient] commented on the fact that the consultant had referred to two of them as "boys" in the demonstration. The concretization of a schizophrenic is exemplified here. One man thought this word meant that the consultant, in order "to keep things on the level of boy-girl, wanted everyone else to consider her as a girl, so the boys and girls could communicate."
Usage notes
* Concretization' and '''concretion''' are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. '''Concretization''' is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it. ' Concretion is more commonly used to refer to a physical, especially geological, object or to the physical process which creates it.Antonyms
* abstractionReferences
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