Used in a Sentence

concentrator

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for concentrator.

Editorial note

Sometimes there is no real IP connectivity, but instead it is effectively telnet to a serial port concentrator.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

One who concentrates.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of concentrator gathered in one view.

noun

One who concentrates.

noun

(telecommunications) A hub.

noun

(mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for concentrator.

noun

One who concentrates.

noun

(telecommunications) A hub.

noun

(mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.

noun

(firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.

Example sentences

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Sometimes there is no real IP connectivity, but instead it is effectively telnet to a serial port concentrator.

2

A Stirling engine powered by a solar concentrator could work very well for pumping and storing air.

3

If your concentrator isn't tracking, then the vast majority of the time it's concentrating on not-the-solar-cell, which isn't useful.

4

A concentrator, some of this stuff and you could make solar powered steam kettles which are very common in large kitchens.

5

They are using a fairly normal oxygen concentrator that uses zeolite to remove nitrogen.

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So yes, any kind of concentrator will be associated with some kind of tracking.

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It does, however, require that you tunnel to a concentrator outside the GFW.

8

Given that their full scale solar concentrator could produce 20,000L per day.

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So the concentrator and the cells are on the same substrate.

10

Some sort of solar concentrator mirror seems more practical though.

11

They're going to have to figure out how to cool the concentrator cells lest they cause adjacent construction materials to catch fire with how hot they run.

12

In the case of a concentrator you will also have losses due to imperfect optics (square lenses with a small area collector behind them in this case) and alignment.

Quote examples

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Before the "encryption fad" most traffic would go unencrypted to a Cisco device (router, switch, proxy, vpn concentrator (the inside of the network)) anyway.

2

But being a CS concentrator doesn't necessarily mean they'll seek "careers as devs," CS is not just "how to program" and Harvard (College) not a trade school.

3

"an x86 based Unix well ahead of Linux, an IP concentrator/router for ISPs in early, to quote two examples" Any links?

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CS51 is the "advanced" intro course and is usually not the first CS course a CS concentrator takes, if for no other reason that it's not offered until the spring semester.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use concentrator in a sentence?

Sometimes there is no real IP connectivity, but instead it is effectively telnet to a serial port concentrator.

What does concentrator mean?

One who concentrates.

What part of speech is concentrator?

concentrator is commonly used as noun.