Category:Concentric

Con*cen"tric, Con*cen"tric*al, a. Etym: [F. concentrique. See Concenter.]

Defn: 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.

concentric Con*cen"tric, n.

Defn: That which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics. Coleridge.