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English Dictionary: concentric by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concentric
adj
  1. having a common center; "concentric rings" [syn: concentric, concentrical, homocentric]
    Antonym(s): eccentric, nonconcentric
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Concentric \Con*cen"tric\, n.
      That which has a common center with something else.
  
               Its pecular relations to its concentrics. --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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