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[syn: concentric, concentrical, homocentric]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concentric \Con*cen"tric\, Concentrical \Con*cen"tric*al\, a.
[F. concentrique. See Concenter.]
Having a common center, as circles of different size, one
within another.
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Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. --Sir
I. Newton.
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Concentrical rings like those of an onion. --Arbuthnot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concentric \Con*cen"tric\, n.
That which has a common center with something else.
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Its pecular relations to its concentrics. --Coleridge.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
concentric
adj 1: having a common center; "concentric rings" [syn:
concentric, concentrical, homocentric] [ant:
eccentric, nonconcentric]