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concentric

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con·cen·tric  (kn-sntrk) also con·cen·tri·cal (-tr-kl)
adj.
Having a common center.

[Middle English concentrik, from Medieval Latin concentricus : Latin com-, com- + Latin centrum, center; see center.]

con·centri·cal·ly adv.
concen·trici·ty (knsn-trs-t) n.

concentric [kənˈsɛntrɪk]
adj
having a common centre concentric circles Compare eccentric [3]
[from Medieval Latin concentricus, from Latin com- same + centrum centre]
concentrically  adv
concentricity  [ˌkɒnsənˈtrɪsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.concentric - having a common center; "concentric rings"
nonconcentric, eccentric - not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles"
Translations
concentric [kənˈsentrɪk] ADJconcéntrico

concentric [kənˈsɛntrɪk] adjconcentrique

concentric
adj circleskonzentrisch

concentric [kənˈsɛntrɪk] adjconcentrico/a
concentric [kənˈsɛntrɪk] adjconcentrico/a

concentric
adj concentric [kənˈsentrik]
(of circles) having a common centre. konsentries, gelykmiddelpuntig, eenmiddelpuntig مُتَّحِدُ المَرْكِز، مُتَمَرْكِز концентричен soustředný koncentrisk konzentrisch ομόκεντρος concéntrico kontsentriline هم مرکز samankeskinen concentrique בָּעַל מֶרכָּז מְשׁוּתָף संकेन्‍िद्रत koncentričan koncentrikus konsentris sammiðja concentrico 同心の 동심적인 koncentrinis koncentrisks sepusat concentrisch konsentrisk współśrodkowy concêntrico concentric концентрический sústredný koncentričen koncentričan koncentrisk ที่มีศูนย์กลาง ortak merkezli 同心的 концентричний مشترک مرکز کے دائرے đồng tâm


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Towards the stern of the boat it is spirally coiled away in the tub, not like the worm-pipe of a still though, but so as to form one round, cheese-shaped mass of densely bedded sheaves, or layers of concentric spiralizations, without any hollow but the heart, or minute vertical tube formed at the axis of the cheese.
This fellow Worth has got hold of some system of concentric lenses, with extraordinary reflectors which enable him to see distinctly at least thirty feet under water.
Another phenomenon would now have passed before the observer's eye, and the molecules situated on the plane of the equator, escaping like a stone from a sling of which the cord had suddenly snapped, would have formed around the sun sundry concentric rings resembling that of Saturn.
 
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