Concentric
adjective
Having a common center, like circles or spheres.
The circles on the target are concentric.
Often appears as...
- concentric circles
- concentric rings
adjective
Having components or layers that share the same center.
The Earth's atmosphere has different concentric layers.
Often appears as...
- concentric layers
- concentric cylinders
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Technical
adjective
Having a common center, like circles or spheres.
The circles on the target are concentric.
Often appears as...
- concentric circles
- concentric rings
adjective
Having components or layers that share the same center.
The Earth's atmosphere has different concentric layers.
Often appears as...
- concentric layers
- concentric cylinders
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Common Center
Imagine drawing circles inside each other with the same midpoint to visualize 'concentric'.
The artist painted concentric circles emanating from a single point.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Harmony
'Concentric' patterns give a sense of balance and are pleasing to the eye.
The concentric design of the garden's pond was very calming.
Pro Tip 3/3Precision in Description
Use 'concentric' to describe exact alignment around a shared center, not just closeness.
The sculpture featured several concentric metallic loops.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Center
Imagine drawing circles inside each other with the same midpoint to visualize 'concentric'.
The artist painted concentric circles emanating from a single point.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Harmony
'Concentric' patterns give a sense of balance and are pleasing to the eye.
The concentric design of the garden's pond was very calming.
Pro Tip 3/3Precision in Description
Use 'concentric' to describe exact alignment around a shared center, not just closeness.
The sculpture featured several concentric metallic loops.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Center
Imagine drawing circles inside each other with the same midpoint to visualize 'concentric'.
The artist painted concentric circles emanating from a single point.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Harmony
'Concentric' patterns give a sense of balance and are pleasing to the eye.
The concentric design of the garden's pond was very calming.
Pro Tip 3/3Precision in Description
Use 'concentric' to describe exact alignment around a shared center, not just closeness.
The sculpture featured several concentric metallic loops.
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What happens when you...
in the narrow space between the outlines of two concentric ones while he could only see his paper and pencil through a mirror. Like anyone else performing such an awkward task for the first time, he did horribly. But surprisingly, he improved over repeated trials,
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A different way to...
Layering multiple patterns using concentric wheels lets us create more complex rhythms. For example, we can combine a basic two beat rhythm with off beats to get a four beat system. This is the recognizable backbone of many genres popular around the world,
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Why should you read...
she leads Dante through "Paradiso’s" concentric spheres of Heaven until he is finally face-to-face with God. In the centuries since its publication, the "Divine Comedy’s" themes of love, sin, and redemption have been embraced by numerous artists–
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Fascinating Termite...
structure i've ever seen lines of concentric veins they are made of mud and they absorb moisture from the colony above and as it evaporates it leaves this encrustation of white salts on them but more important than that as it
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The sonic boom problem -...
the wave fronts are now concentric spheres, with the sound traveling along rays perpendicular to these waves. Now imagine a moving sound source, such as a train whistle. As the source keeps moving in a certain direction,
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What if 3D printing was...
It's a set of concentric geodesic structures with linkages between each one. In its context, it is not manufacturable by traditional manufacturing techniques. It has a symmetry such that you can't injection mold it.
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What’s in the Trunk?...
of a tree trunk you can see there's a pattern of concentric rings and each one of those rings represents one year of growth the paler part of each ring was laid down at the beginning of the year
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James Rhee: The value of...
driving real goodwill. The business plan fundamentally had three concentric spirals underpinning it. So picture this. So first, we had the courage
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Most Soothing Sir David...
If you cut a section of a tree trunk, you can see the pattern of concentric rings and each one of those rings represents one year of growth.
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
concentric circles so we're doing some concentric circles as we move away from that area
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What happens when you...
in the narrow space between the outlines of two concentric ones while he could only see his paper and pencil through a mirror. Like anyone else performing such an awkward task for the first time, he did horribly. But surprisingly, he improved over repeated trials,
Video examples
A different way to...
Layering multiple patterns using concentric wheels lets us create more complex rhythms. For example, we can combine a basic two beat rhythm with off beats to get a four beat system. This is the recognizable backbone of many genres popular around the world,
Video examples
Why should you read...
she leads Dante through "Paradiso’s" concentric spheres of Heaven until he is finally face-to-face with God. In the centuries since its publication, the "Divine Comedy’s" themes of love, sin, and redemption have been embraced by numerous artists–
Video examples
Fascinating Termite...
structure i've ever seen lines of concentric veins they are made of mud and they absorb moisture from the colony above and as it evaporates it leaves this encrustation of white salts on them but more important than that as it
Video examples
The sonic boom problem -...
the wave fronts are now concentric spheres, with the sound traveling along rays perpendicular to these waves. Now imagine a moving sound source, such as a train whistle. As the source keeps moving in a certain direction,
Video examples
What if 3D printing was...
It's a set of concentric geodesic structures with linkages between each one. In its context, it is not manufacturable by traditional manufacturing techniques. It has a symmetry such that you can't injection mold it.
Video examples
What’s in the Trunk?...
of a tree trunk you can see there's a pattern of concentric rings and each one of those rings represents one year of growth the paler part of each ring was laid down at the beginning of the year
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James Rhee: The value of...
driving real goodwill. The business plan fundamentally had three concentric spirals underpinning it. So picture this. So first, we had the courage
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Most Soothing Sir David...
If you cut a section of a tree trunk, you can see the pattern of concentric rings and each one of those rings represents one year of growth.
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
concentric circles so we're doing some concentric circles as we move away from that area
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
Can anything be more grotesque and barbarous than our 'florists' bouquets,' a series of concentric rings of flowers of divers colours, bordered by maidenhair and a piece of stiff lace paper, in which stems, leaves, and even petals are brutally crushed, and the grace and individuality of each flower systematically destroyed?
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William Hague
British Politician
The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before.
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Evan Osnos
American Journalist
By tradition, Beijing is a city of walls, sheltering its intrigues and ambitions behind a series of concentric barriers from the Great Wall down to courtyard homes that draw sunlight only from the gardens at their core.
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Geoffrey Rush
Australian Actor
I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.
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Garrison Keillor
American Writer
I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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Bill Bryson
American Writer
Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.
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Michelle Williams
American Actress
I don't believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles - concentric circles that connect.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
Can anything be more grotesque and barbarous than our 'florists' bouquets,' a series of concentric rings of flowers of divers colours, bordered by maidenhair and a piece of stiff lace paper, in which stems, leaves, and even petals are brutally crushed, and the grace and individuality of each flower systematically destroyed?
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William Hague
British Politician
The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before.
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Evan Osnos
American Journalist
By tradition, Beijing is a city of walls, sheltering its intrigues and ambitions behind a series of concentric barriers from the Great Wall down to courtyard homes that draw sunlight only from the gardens at their core.
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Geoffrey Rush
Australian Actor
I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.
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Garrison Keillor
American Writer
I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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Bill Bryson
American Writer
Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.
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Michelle Williams
American Actress
I don't believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles - concentric circles that connect.
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