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overconcentration

overconcentration noun: excessive concentration.

Noun

overconcentration (plural overconcentrations)

  1. Excessive concentration.
    • The great defect of the sophistic approach to “legislation” is precisely its overconcentration on laws as such—that is, laws abstracted from the context of the regime. Legislation is not easy because cities differ in fundamental ways and because they give rise to a variety of regimes with...399, Aristotle, Aristotle's Politics, 2nd Edition, page 22
    • In a letter dated April 9, 1909, all establishments licensed for the propagation and sale of diphtheria antitoxin were also informed of the presence of high total solids, and that the matter was brought to their attention as it seemed advisable to avoid overconcentration of diphtheria antitoxin and...1909, United States Public Health Service, Annual Report, Government Printing Office, page 29

Examples of overconcentration in a sentence

  • The great defect of the sophistic approach to “legislation” is precisely its overconcentration on laws as such—that is, laws abstracted from the context of the regime.399, Aristotle, Aristotle's Politics, 2nd Edition, page 22:
  • In the West a large mining company uses blue glass lamps overconcentration tables as this light assists in bringing out the line between the zinc and iron ore.1918, The Popular Science Monthly, Popular Science Publishing Company, page 696:
  • It will not do to have our business leaders setting a bad example of long hours and overconcentration for younger men.1934, The North American Review, North American Review Corporation, O. Everett, page 3:
  • Perhaps we should have had differing rates of grant to encourage greater dispersal of development throughout the country and to avoid overconcentration in city centres?1977, Contemporary Review, Volume 231, Issue No. 1338-1343, American Institute of Aeronautics, pages 258-259:

Forms of overconcentration

pluraloverconcentrations

Origin of overconcentration

From over- + concentration.

Questions about overconcentration

What does overconcentration mean?
Overconcentration means excessive concentration.
How do you use overconcentration in a sentence?
The great defect of the sophistic approach to “legislation” is precisely its overconcentration on laws as such—that is, laws abstracted from the context of the regime.
What part of speech is overconcentration?
Overconcentration is a noun.
What is the plural of overconcentration?
The plural of overconcentration is overconcentrations.

Words near overconcentration in the dictionary

  1. overcompression
  2. overconcentrate
  3. overconcentrated
  4. overconcentrates
  5. overconcentrating
  6. overconcentration
  7. overconcentrations
  8. overconcern
  9. overconcerned
  10. overconcerning
  11. overconcerns

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