reconcentrationn.
/riːˌkɒns(ɛ)nˈtreɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. A new or renewed concentration.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards a centre > of living beings > again
reconcentration1839
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > miscellaneous other processes
redintegrationa1550
decoction1555
fixion1555
cementation1592
fumigation1617
spiritualization1651
retortion1657
rocking1673
phosphorizationa1687
concentration1689
humectation1706
animalization1733
hyperoxygenation1793
bituminization1804
assimilation1830
metamorphosis1843
transformation1857
retorting1858
tincturation1860
regeneration1869
nitrification1880
diagenesis1886
aluminothermy1900
aluminothermics1902
photoprocess1910
olation1931
mass transfer1937
reconcentration1956
tritiation1961
borohydride reduction1965
1839 G. R. Gleig in Bentley's Misc. June 626 There followed [after the battle of Cape St Vincent]..a signal of reconcentration.
1956 Nature 21 Jan. 126/2 Kunkel and Tiselius were not able to demonstrate the heterogeneity of serum albumin by their method, and the ability of the method here described to do this may also be due to this reduction of diffusion by reconcentration.
1972 Times 26 June 12/3 Biological reconcentration of filter feeding organisms..invalidates the dilution hypothesis.
2007 Independent (Nexis) 22 Jan. 32 Our country would be a poorer place if disunion prompted a reconcentration of native talent north of the border.
2. spec. During the final phase of the Cuban war of independence (1895–8): the policy or practice of interning Cubans in garrisoned towns or detention camps by the Spanish military authorities. Frequently attributive. Cf. reconcentrado n. Now historical.
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1898 Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 7/1 Starvation of thousands of non-combatants [in Cuba] through reconcentration.
1927 C. Chapman Hist. Cuban Republic iv. 81 The keynote of his methods was his so-called reconcentrado (reconcentration) policy. All Cubans (men, women, and children) were ordered to move into garrisoned Spanish towns or concentration camps, and no civilian was to go into the rural districts without a passport.
1984 G. J. A. O'Toole Spanish War iii. 57 Within days of his arrival Weyler issued the first of a series of reconcentration orders.
2010 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 18 Apr. In their [sc. Spain's] struggle to retain Cuba in 1895, the idea of concentrating the civilian population in one place, ‘Reconcentration,’ made them easier to control.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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