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preconcentrate

preconcentrate verb: to concentrate (a substance) in advance.

Verb

preconcentrate (third-person singular simple present preconcentrates, present participle preconcentrating, simple past and past participle preconcentrated)

  1. (transitive) To concentrate (a substance) in advance
    • The digest mixtures (approximately 400 ng) were loaded onto a 300 μm × 5 mm C18, PepMap reverse phase trapping column to preconcentrate and wash away excess salts using a nano HPLC UltiMate-3000 (Dionex, Sunnyvale, CA) column switching technique.2015 August 5, Janna G. Kiselar et al., “Modification of β-Defensin-2 by Dicarbonyls Methylglyoxal and Glyoxal Inhibits Antibacterial and Chemotactic Function In Vitro”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

Forms of preconcentrate

third-person singular presentpreconcentrates
present participlepreconcentrating
past participlepreconcentrated
pastpreconcentrated

Origin of preconcentrate

From pre- + concentrate.

Questions about preconcentrate

What does preconcentrate mean?
Preconcentrate means to concentrate (a substance) in advance.
What part of speech is preconcentrate?
Preconcentrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of preconcentrate?
The past tense of preconcentrate is preconcentrated.

Words near preconcentrate in the dictionary

  1. preconceivable
  2. preconceive
  3. preconceived
  4. preconceives
  5. preconceiving
  6. preconcentrate
  7. preconcentrated
  8. preconcentrates
  9. preconcentrating
  10. preconcentration
  11. preconcentrations

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