concentric

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The rings are concentric -- that is, they all have the same center, like the rings of a dartboard.

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  1. adjective Having a common center.

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  • The Turks were entrenched within a double line of stone wall, concentric, and the insurgents were fighting upwards, and when we came on the scene the fighting was still at the lower wall. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
  • Our only hope was to surrpise the Russians with a concentric, rapid, and well-camouflaged armored attack; I knew from bitter experience that if they were given time to organize a defense, our chances of success would be nil. —  Panzer Battles
  • Perhaps it's more accurate to say walls -- concentric walls. —  Window Into Palestine
  • Some of these represent concentric (hierarchically nested) structures, while other are partly overlapping sectors. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In many instances this has encouraged a shift away from 'concentric' or —  open source theology - Comments
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  1. Middle English concentrik, from Medieval Latin concentricus : Latin com-, com- + Latin centrum, center; see center.

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  1. from Middle English concentrik = French concentrique = Spanish concéntrico = Portuguese Italian concentrico (cf. German concentrisch = Danish concentrisk), from Middle Latin concentricus, from Latin con-, together, + centrum, center: see con- and centric.
 

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/kənˈsɛntrɪk/
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