homocentric

American  

[hoh-muh-sen-trik, hom-uh-] / ˌhoʊ məˈsɛn trɪk, ˌhɒm ə- /

Also homocentrical

adjective

1. having a common center; concentric.

   The painting was made of five homocentric circles, alternating bands of purple and orange.

2. diverging from or converging to the same point.

   homocentric rays.

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homocentric British  

/ ˌhɒm-, ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

1. having the same centre; concentric

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Other Word Forms

• homocentrically adverb
• homocentricity noun

Etymology

Origin of homocentric

First recorded in 1615–25; homo- + -centric

Example Sentences

This is a homocentric cause: We are valuing the characteristics of animals that are similar to humans.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2017

Harari’s larger contention is that our homocentric creed, devoted to human liberty and happiness, will be destroyed by the approaching post-humanist horizon.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017

And, of course, his homocentric arrogance is on comic display.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2012

Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Meanwhile the Church was developing the homocentric notion which would, of course, presuppose the central position in the universe for man's abiding place.

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Stimson, Dorothy