concept

[Lat. conceptum = a thing con ceived; neut. of conceptus, pa. par. of concipio = to of anything. 1. The act or proce of concentrating or gather conceive.] A conception, a mental representation ing together to one center or focus. 2. The state of being concentrated. II. Figuratively : "What is true of our concept of creation holds of our concept of annihilation."-Sir W. Hamilton: Discu ions 1. The act of concentrating the thoughts or mind on Philosophy and Literature, p. 592. on a single object or point. 2. A compre ion or condensation. "The forty [pictures] were a multiplication of one, and the four a concentration of forty." -Ruskin: Mod. Painters, vol. i., pt. ii., ch. iii., § 22.