concentric
Meaning of concentric
- of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes which share the same centre, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller.
concentric circles indicate distances of 1 km, 2 km, and 3 km from the centre
a universe consisting of concentric spheres or layers
the revolving circle is concentric with the fixed outer circle
late Middle English: from Old French concentrique or medieval Latin concentricus, from con- ‘together’ + centrum ‘centre’.
Information about concentric
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of concentric
con-cen-tric
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- concentric is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
concentric synonyms
Meaning concentrical:
Translation of concentric
- German: konzentrisch
- French: concentrique
- Spanish: concéntrico, concéntrica
- Italian: concentrico
Words that rhyme with concentric
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