Definition of Concrite
Con"crete (? or ?), a. [L.
concretus, p. p. of concrescere to grow together;
con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See
Crescent.] 1. United in growth;
hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass;
united in a solid form.
The first concrete state, or consistent
surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last
liquid state.
Bp. Burnet.
2. (Logic) (a)
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with
all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an
attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.
Hence: (b) Applied to a specific object;
special; particular; -- opposed to general. See
Abstract, 3.
Concrete is opposed to abstract. The names
of individuals are concrete, those of classes
abstract.
J. S. Mill.
Concrete terms, while they express the
quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to
which it belongs.
I. Watts.
Concrete number, a number associated
with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men,
five days, etc., as distinguished from an abstract
number, or one used without reference to a particular
object. -- Concrete quantity, a
physical object or a collection of such objects. Davies &
Peck. -- Concrete science, a physical
science, one having as its subject of knowledge concrete things
instead of abstract laws. -- Concrete sound
or movement of the voice, one which slides
continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete
movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch
to another. Rush.
Con"crete, n. 1.
A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union,
or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one
body.
To divide all concretes, minerals and
others, into the same number of distinct substances.
Boyle.
2. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or
broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks,
roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine
structures.
3. (Logic) A term designating both
a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete
term.
The concretes "father" and "son" have, or
might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety".
J. S. Mill.
4. (Sugar Making) Sugar boiled
down from cane juice to a solid mass.
Con*crete" (?), v. i. [imp.
& p. p. Concreted; p. pr & vb.
n. Concreting.] To unite or coalesce, as
separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
&fist; Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to
indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard
body; applied to others, it is equivalent to congeal,
thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the
concretion of blood. "The blood of some who died of the plague
could not be made to concrete." Arbuthnot.
Con*crete", v. t.
1. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion
or coalescence of separate particles.
There are in our inferior world divers bodies that
are concreted out of others.
Sir M. Hale.
2. To cover with, or form of, concrete,
as a pavement.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a building material created by mixing portland cement, water, and aggregate including gravel and sand.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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