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con·cen·tric    Audio Help   [kuhn-sen-trik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
having a common center, as circles or spheres.
Also, con·cen·tri·cal.


[Origin: 1350–1400; ME consentrik < ML concentricus. See con-, center, -ic]

con·cen·tri·cal·ly, adverb
con·cen·tric·i·ty    Audio Help   [kon-suhn-tris-i-tee, -sen-] Pronunciation Key, noun
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con·cen·tric    Audio Help   (kən-sěn'trĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Having a common center.


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

con·cen'tri·cal·ly adv., con'cen·tric'i·ty (kŏn'sěn-trĭs'ĭ-tē) n.
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concentric 
1391, from O.Fr. concentrique, from M.L. concentricus, from com- "together" + centrum "circle, center" (see center).

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concentric

adjective
having a common center; "concentric rings" [ant: eccentric

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concentric [kənˈsentrik] adjective
(of circles) having a common centre
Arabic: مُتَّحِدُ المَرْكِز، مُتَمَرْكِز
Chinese (Simplified): 同一中心的
Chinese (Traditional): 同心的
Czech: soustředný
Danish: koncentrisk
Dutch: concentrisch
Estonian: kontsentriline
Finnish: samankeskinen
French: concentrique
German: konzentrisch
Greek: ομόκεντρος
Hungarian: koncentrikus
Icelandic: sammiðja
Indonesian: konsentris
Italian: concentrico
Japanese: 同心の
Korean: (원·구가) 동일한 중심을 가진
Latvian: koncentrisks
Lithuanian: koncentrinis
Norwegian: konsentrisk
Polish: współśrodkowy
Portuguese (Brazil): concêntrico
Portuguese (Portugal): concêntrico
Romanian: concentric
Russian: концентрический
Slovak: sústredný
Slovenian: koncentričen
Spanish: concéntrico
Swedish: koncentrisk
Turkish: ortak merkezli
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con·cen·tric (kn-sntrk)
adj.

Having a common center or center point, as of circles.

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Main Entry: con·cen·tric
Pronunciation: k&n-'sen-trik, (')kän-
Function: adjective
: having a common center <concentric circles> —con·cen·tri·cal·ly /-tri-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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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.

Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. --Sir I. Newton.

Concentrical rings like those of an onion. --Arbuthnot.
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Concentric

Con*cen"tric\, n. That which has a common center with something else.

Its pecular relations to its concentrics. --Coleridge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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