Concentration

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

II. Concentration ·noun The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

III. Concentration ·noun 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.