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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCENTRIC, a. [L., center.] Having a common center; as the concentric coats of an onion; the concentric orbits of the planets.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English consentrik, from Medieval Latin concentricus, from Latin com- + centrum center Date: 14th century 1. having a common center <concentric circles> 2. having a common axis ; coaxial • concentrically adverb • concentricity noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (often foll. by with) (esp. of circles) having a common centre (cf. eccentric). Derivatives: concentrically adv. concentricity n. Etymology: ME f. OF concentrique or med.L concentricus (as com-, centricus as centre)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Concentric Con*cen"tric, n. That which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics. --Coleridge.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Concentric circles or rings have the same centre. On a blackboard, he drew five concentric circles. ADJ: ADJ n