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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The trend toward reconcentration of West German industry affects more than Krupp.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
To finance industrial reconcentration, many West German banks have gone down the reconcentration path themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
I suppose the campaigning of the American regulars might be credited with obtaining the “majority,” and the reconcentration of brother Baker of the constabulary might be accorded the additional credit of making the majority “overwhelming.”
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
Also, a long course of chastening, through reconcentration and kindred severities subsequent to the official announcement of a state of general peace, has at last gotten the situation as to public order well in hand.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
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