concentric
concentric is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.That which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics. Coleridge.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- axial
- axis
- azygous
- backbone
- bring
- buoyancy
- center
- central
- centrality
- centralization
- centralize
- centrally
- centrical
- column
- concentrate
- concentration
- converge
- convergence
- core
- eye
- focal
- focus
- gravity
- heart
- hotbed
- kernel
- marrow
- metacenter
- middle
- middlemost
- midst
- nave
- navel
- nucleolus
- nucleus
- oscillation
- percussion
- pith
- pole
- pressure
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is concentric.
- What is 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 called?
- What is that which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics. Coleridge called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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