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preconcentrating

preconcentrating is the present participle and gerund of preconcentrate.

Meaning of preconcentrate

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

Questions about preconcentrating

What is preconcentrating the present participle and gerund of?
Preconcentrating is the present participle and gerund of preconcentrate.

Words near preconcentrating in the dictionary

  1. preconceives
  2. preconceiving
  3. preconcentrate
  4. preconcentrated
  5. preconcentrates
  6. preconcentrating
  7. preconcentration
  8. preconcentrations
  9. preconcentrator
  10. preconcentrators
  11. preconcept

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