concentric

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concentric - 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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  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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concentric - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  concentric
      adj 1: having a common center; "concentric rings" [syn:
             concentric, concentrical, homocentric] [ant:
             eccentric, nonconcentric]