reconcentration
Americannoun
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the act of concentrating again.
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the state of being concentrated again.
Etymology
Origin of reconcentration
First recorded in 1895–1900; re- + concentration
Example Sentences
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Last week the Common Market approved in principle a major reconcentration of the Ruhr's legendary but war-splintered Thyssen steel empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trend toward reconcentration of West German industry affects more than Krupp.
From Time Magazine Archive
To finance industrial reconcentration, many West German banks have gone down the reconcentration path themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
The order of reconcentration practically has been wiped out, and, so far as the Spanish government is concerned, men go about nearly as they please.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
However, there is nothing about reconcentration in that order.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.
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