concentric
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- concentrically adverb
- concentricity noun
- nonconcentric adjective
- nonconcentrical adjective
- nonconcentrically adverb
- nonconcentricity noun
- unconcentric adjective
- unconcentrically adverb
Etymology
Origin of concentric
1350–1400; Middle English consentrik < Medieval Latin concentricus. See con-, center, -ic
Example Sentences
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After doffing their shoes, presumably to protect the plush, vibrantly red carpet that covers the theater’s floor, audience members take seats arranged in concentric circles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
The frolicking angels populate concentric bands of other clouds that extend upward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Features such as lineated valley fill and concentric crater fill were also noted in our August Mars Express report on Acheron Fossae.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
“I wanted to have 30 to 80 vocalists in these different areas of the landscape, and a word or phrase is passed from person to person to person, creating a concentric ring or geometric patterns.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024
These elements naturally arrange themselves in concentric circles around a common centre: earth surrounded by water, water surrounded by air, and air surrounded by fire.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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