Attention vs. Concentration

Attentionnoun

(uncountable) Mental focus.

Attentionnoun

(countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.

Attentionnoun

A state of alertness in the standing position.

Attentioninterjection

(military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

Attentionnoun

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending.

Attentionnoun

An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.

Attentionnoun

the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

Attentionnoun

the work of caring for or attending to someone or something;

Attentionnoun

a general interest that leads people to want to know more;

Attentionnoun

a courteous act indicating affection;

Attentionnoun

the faculty or power of mental concentration;

Attentionnoun

a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review;

Attentionnoun

notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important

Attentionnoun

the mental faculty of considering or taking notice of someone or something

Attentionnoun

the action of dealing with or taking special care of someone or something

Attentionnoun

things done to express interest in or please someone

Attentionnoun

a position assumed by a soldier, standing very straight with the feet together and the arms straight down the sides of the body

Attentionnoun

an order to assume a straight standing position.

Attention

Attention is the behavioral and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of information, whether considered subjective or objective, while ignoring other perceivable information. William James (1890) wrote that "Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought.

Concentrationnoun

The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

Concentrationnoun

The direction of attention to a specific object.

Concentrationnoun

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

Concentrationnoun

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.

Concentrationnoun

A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.

Concentrationnoun

The proportion of a substance in a whole.

Concentrationnoun

(chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))

Concentrationnoun

The matching game pelmanism.

Concentrationnoun

The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

Concentrationnoun

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

Concentrationnoun

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.

Concentrationnoun

the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume (expressed as moles/cubic meter)

Concentrationnoun

the spatial property of being crowded together

Concentrationnoun

strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing extraneous material

Concentrationnoun

increase in density

Concentrationnoun

complete attention; intense mental effort

Concentrationnoun

bringing together military forces

Concentrationnoun

great and constant diligence and attention

Concentrationnoun

the action or power of focusing all one's attention

Concentrationnoun

dealing with one particular thing above all others

Concentrationnoun

a close gathering of people or things

Concentrationnoun

the action of gathering together closely

Concentrationnoun

the relative amount of a particular substance contained within a solution or mixture or in a particular volume of space

Concentrationnoun

the action of strengthening a solution by the removal or reduction of the diluting agent or by the selective accumulation of atoms or molecules

Concentration

In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. Several types of mathematical description can be distinguished: mass concentration, molar concentration, number concentration, and volume concentration.