Hypertext Webster Gateway: "concentric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Concentric \Con*cen"tric\, n.
That which has a common center with something else.
Its pecular relations to its concentrics. --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
concentric
adj : having a common center; "concentric rings" [syn: {concentrical},
{homocentric}] [ant: {eccentric}]
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