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Concentration vs X - What's the difference?

concentration | x |

As a noun concentration

is the act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

concentration

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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= 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.}}
  • # (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
  • The matching game pelmanism.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (course of study) major, minor

    See also

    * salinity

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----