Meanings
comparative more concentric · superlative most concentric
- geometryHaving a common center.
Seven huge concentric semi-circular rings of stone surround the northern end, and quite rightly are Grade 2-listed by conservation body Historic England.
2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 451 more example
The ordo amoris can be conceptualized as a series of concentric circles radiating outward from ourselves, beginning with loving God, who is, as Augustine put it, “closer to us than we are to ourselves,” and ending with loving the rest of the world outside our own country.
2025 February 11, Richard Clements, “First, Love Locally: JD Vance and ‘Ordo Amoris’”, in Word on Fire, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2025 - medicineOf a motion, in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (e.g. the extension of the lower arm by means of the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
Antonyms: eccentric
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a motion, in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (e.g. the extension of the lower arm by means of the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
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Origin
- Latincon-“with, together”
- Medieval Latinconcentricus
- Middle Frenchconcentrique
- Middle Englishconcentrik
- Englishconcentric
From Middle English concentrik, from Middle French concentrique, from Medieval Latin concentricus, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + centrum (“circle, center”). Equivalent to con- + -centric. By surface analysis, con- + centre + -ic.
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Bulgarian концентричен
- концентричен (koncentričen)having a common center
Catalan concèntric
- concèntrichaving a common center
Chinese Mandarin （圓）同心的 /（圆）同心的
- （圓）同心的 /（圆）同心的having a common center
Czech soustředný
- soustřednýhaving a common center
Danish koncentrisk
- koncentriskhaving a common center
Dutch concentrisch
- concentrischhaving a common center
Finnish samankeskinen
- samankeskinenhaving a common center
French concentrique
- concentriquehaving a common center
German konzentrisch
- konzentrischhaving a common center
Hungarian koncentrikus
- koncentrikushaving a common center
Icelandic sammiðja
- sammiðjahaving a common center
Indonesian konsentris
- konsentrishaving a common center
Italian concentrico
- concentricohaving a common center
Latin concentricus
- concentricushaving a common center
Māori pūrite
- pūritehaving a common center
Norwegian Bokmål konsentrisk
- konsentriskhaving a common center
Persian هممرکزی
- هممرکزی (hammarkazi)having a common center
Polish współśrodkowy, koncentryczny
- współśrodkowyhaving a common center
- koncentrycznyhaving a common center
- koncentrycznyin the direction of contraction of a muscle
Portuguese concêntrico
- concêntricohaving a common center
Russian концентри́ческий
- концентри́ческий (koncentríčeskij)having a common center
Spanish concéntrico, concéntrico
- concéntricohaving a common center
- concéntricoin the direction of contraction of a muscle
Swedish koncentrisk
- koncentriskhaving a common center
Turkish eş merkezli, merkezleri bir
- eş merkezlihaving a common center
- merkezleri birhaving a common center
- ortak merkezlihaving a common center
Vietnamese đồng tâm
- đồng tâmhaving a common center
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with concentric
Cite this entry
concentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concentric
“concentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concentric. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concentric,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concentric.
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