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overconcentrated

overconcentrated adjective: excessively concentrated.

Adjective

overconcentrated (comparative more overconcentrated, superlative most overconcentrated)

  1. Excessively concentrated.
    • Sometimes, too, though there be no variation of direction on the horizon, there may nevertheless be a variation of the dip, to wit, when either in a direct meridian line, i.e., on the meridian itself, there projects some magnetically powerful earthmass, or when such elevations have less force than...1893, Edward Wright, Paul Fleury Mottelay, William Gilbert, William Gilbert of Colchester, Physician of London: On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies and on the Great Magnet the Earth, John Wiley and...
    • Extreme caution must be observed lest the heart by rapid perfusion be subjected to an overconcentrated solution. The experiment should be repeated with different doses.1909, Charles Wilson Greene, Experimental Pharmacology: A Laboratory Guide for the Study of the Physiological Action of Drugs, P. Blakiston's Son & Company, page 19

Examples of overconcentrated in a sentence

  • He is overconcentrated in work, and socially inert.1914, The Unpopular Review, Henry Holt and Company, page 304:
  • The majority of the personnel were constipated during patrol, due to lack of muscular activity and excessive consumption of an overconcentrated diet.1920, Washington Institute of Medicine, New York Medical Journal, MD Publications, page 909:

Forms of overconcentrated

comparativemore overconcentrated
superlativemost overconcentrated

Origin of overconcentrated

From over- + concentrated.

Questions about overconcentrated

What does overconcentrated mean?
Overconcentrated means excessively concentrated.
How do you use overconcentrated in a sentence?
He is overconcentrated in work, and socially inert.
What part of speech is overconcentrated?
Overconcentrated is an adjective.

Words near overconcentrated in the dictionary

  1. overcompressed
  2. overcompresses
  3. overcompressing
  4. overcompression
  5. overconcentrate
  6. overconcentrated
  7. overconcentrates
  8. overconcentrating
  9. overconcentration
  10. overconcentrations
  11. overconcern

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