mass concentration

(redirected from mascon)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

concentration

[kon″sen-tra´shun]

1. increase in strength by evaporation.

2. the ratio of the mass or volume of a solute to the mass or volume of the solution or solvent.

3. intense mental focus.

hydrogen ion concentration see hydrogen ion concentration.

mass concentration the mass of a constituent substance divided by the volume of the mixture, as milligrams per liter (mg/l).

mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) the average hemoglobin concentration in erythrocytes, conventionally expressed in “per cent,” meaning grams per deciliter of red blood cells, obtained by dividing the blood hemoglobin concentration (in g/dl) by the hematocrit (in l/l): MCHC = Hb/Hct.

minimal alveolar concentration (MAC) the concentration of anesthetic that at a pressure of 1 atmosphere produces immobility in 50 per cent of subjects exposed to a noxious stimulus.

minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) the lowest concentration of a given antibiotic required to kill a specific organism.

minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) the lowest concentration of a given antibiotic that inhibits the growth of a specific organism.

molar concentration the concentration of a substance expressed in terms of molarity.

concentration test a test of renal function based on the patient's ability to concentrate urine; see also fishberg concentration test.

mass concentration

The mass of a constituent in a solution divided by the volume of the mixture.

mass concentration

The amount of matter of any material divided by its volume. In the metric system, ? is defined in kilograms per liter (kg/L). See: substance concentration; molar concentration

concentration

1. increase in strength by evaporation.

2. the ratio of the mass or volume of a solute to the mass or volume of the solution or solvent.

hydrogen ion concentration

an expression of the degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH) of a solution. See also acid-base balance.

mass concentration

the mass of a constituent substance divided by the volume of the mixture, as milligrams per liter (mg/l).

minimum effective concentration

the threshold level of a drug in plasma below which the efficiency of the drug as a treatment drops off sharply.

molar concentration

the amount of a constituent in moles (millimoles or micromoles) divided by the volume of the mixture, as millimoles per liter (mmol/l).

concentration test

a test of renal function based on the patient's ability to concentrate urine. See water deprivation test.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Mascon UAE beat Maklai CC by 8 wickets Maklai CC 156 for 6 (Amin 78, Wajid 19; Amjad 2/25) Mascon UAE 161 for 3 in 13 overs (Saif 87*, Shehzad 23*; Abdul Ghani 1/24, Amin 1/28) Man of the match: Saif of Mascon UAE

Kanse's ton propels Yogi Group to victory

In "Moaning the Blues," the image of the back door in the second stanza (arguably a mascon image) evokes the "backdoor man" of the blues - the second-line lover, not the husband, who may also be married or involved otherwise.

"The world in a jug and the stopper in (her) hand": 'Their Eyes' as blues performance

Initially, Mascon intends to apply the ANTs Data Server to developing telecommunications applications for highly demanding transactional volume environments, such as wireless applications, operational and billing support systems (OSS/BSS), unified messaging, embedded systems, and other applications.

MGL to Distribute and Support ANTs Data Server

The ancient Australe basin has no mascon, which might indicate that the Moon's crust was so warm at this early stage in lunar history that the basin's upraised mantle subsided before the crust cooled.

Extreme basinology: some of the Moon's most interesting features lurk near the limb, nearly out of reach of backyard telescopes

We were thrilled to be ranked Number One on Deloitte's Chicagoland Fast 50 list, and we are equally pleased to be included on the Deloitte Fast 500 list," said Nandu Thondavadi, CEO of MASCON Global Limited.

MASCON Global Limited is Fastest Growing Tech Company in Chicagoland on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List of Fastest Growing Tech Companies in North America

Today's market conditions allow technology companies to hire very good quality employees," Thondavadi of Mascon Global said.

Bottom Line Looms Large but Confidence Abounds for CEOs of North America's Fastest-Growing Technology Companies Deloitte & Touche LLP Survey Shows

Computations by Jet Propulsion Laboratory geophysicists suggest that the mascon can be explained by a dense layer 10 to 20 km thick somewhere between 3 and 50 km deep.

Lamont: A Buried Mystery

Manufacturing software developer Mascon Global Limited was named the Chicagoland's fastest-growing technology company, according to the results of Deloitte & Touche's second annual Greater Chicagoland Technology Fast 50 program.

Deloitte & Touche Recognizes Chicago's Fastest-Growing Technology Companies; Mascon Global Limited Ranked Number One in Deloitte & Touche's Fast 50 Program

Oakley has joined the Chicago-based Mascon as Managing Partner and has been elected to the Board of Directors.

Thomas G. Oakley Elected to Mascon's Board of Directors

Job-estimating and quoting software for injection molders, introduced last summer by Mascon of Schaumburg, Ill.

Web-Based Quoting System Helps Molders Compete

58% Lisle 5 Mascon Information Technologies, 1,775.

Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Program Announces the Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in Chicago; Inforte Corporation Tops the Fast 50 Ranking with Nearly 4,000 Percent Growth

EDI is a great communication tool, but the fact that the system ran on a dedicated, private network and required proprietary software and hardware made it expensive and inflexible, which limited its use," says Amir Raza, a partner at Mascon, Schaumburg, Ill.