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Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. having a common center;
- Example: "concentric rings"
[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. [1913 Webster] Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] Concentrical rings like those of an onion. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concentric \Con*cen"tric\, n. That which has a common center with something else. [1913 Webster] Its pecular relations to its concentrics. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
