Concepción

[ kawn-sep-syawn; English kuhn-sep-see-ohn, -sep-shuhn ]

noun

1. a city in central Chile, near the mouth of the Bío-Bío River.
2. a city in central Paraguay, on the Paraguay River.

Concepción

/ konθepˈθjon /

noun

1. an industrial city in S central Chile. Pop: 378 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Apart from an increase in the boy’s hyperactivity, the couple saw “no result whatsoever,” Concepcion said.

From Los Angeles Times

Concepción de León is a writer and book editor based in New York.

From New York Times

"Our approach is an important step toward finding an efficient way to convert CO2, a potent greenhouse gas that poses a significant challenge for humanity, into an easily storable and transportable liquid fuel," said Brookhaven Lab Senior Chemist Javier Concepcion, a lead author on the study.

From Science Daily

"Converting CO2 to methanol is very difficult to achieve in a single step. It is energetically akin to climbing a very tall mountain," Concepcion said.

From Science Daily

"Catalysts enable reaching the next valley through 'tunnels' that require less energy than climbing over the mountain," Concepcion said.

From Science Daily