Concentric

Quick meaning: Concentric is an adjective meaning (geometry) Having a common center.

Meaning

(geometry) Having a common center.

More Meanings

1. (physiology, of a motion) In the direction of contraction of a muscle. (E.g. extension of the lower arm via the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).

Example Sentences

Seven huge concentric semi-circular rings of stone surround the northern end, and quite rightly are Grade 2-listed by conservation body Historic England.

The ordo amoris can be conceptualized as a series of concentric circles radiating outward from ourselves, beginning with loving God, who is, as Augustine put it, “closer to us than we are to ourselves,” and ending with loving the rest of the world outside our own country.

Synonyms for concentric

Depending on context, synonyms include concentrical, homocentric, coaxial, coaxal.

Antonyms for concentric

Common opposites include eccentric, nonconcentric.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include homocentric, coaxial, concentrical, coaxal, co-axial, confocal.

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