- having a common centre: concentric circles
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
con•cen•tric /kənˈsɛntrɪk/USA pronunciation
adj.
con•cen•tric•i•ty /ˌkɑnsənˈtrɪsɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Mathematics(esp. of circles or spheres) having a common center.
con•cen•tric•i•ty /ˌkɑnsənˈtrɪsɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
con•cen•tric
(kən sen′trik),USA pronunciation adj.
con•cen′tri•cal•ly, adv.
con•cen•tric•i•ty
(kon′sən tris′i tē, -sen-),USA pronunciation n.
- Mathematicshaving a common center, as circles or spheres.
- Medieval Latin concentricus. See con-, center, -ic
- 1350–1400; Middle English consentrik
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
concentric /kənˈsɛntrɪk/, concentrical /kənˈsɛntrɪkəl/ adj
'concentric' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
annulus
- -centric
- disk
- eccentric
- induction coil
- onion
- oolite
- ring
- Saturn
- tambour
- target
- tunicate
- annual ring
- annular
- ball bearing
- bull's-eye
- cat's-eye
- circulus
- coincide
- concretion
- cone
- cone pulley
- corona
- cup shake
- cycloid
- cylinder
- dart
- exfoliate
- foraminifer
- Fresnel lens
- gurge
- Haversian system
- homocentric
- Kulturkreis
- Lambert conformal projection
- mandala
- Masson disk
- Newton's rings
- nonconcentricity
- order
- oystered
- oystering
- pearl
- perlite
- Plácido's disk
- polyconic projection
- primum mobile
- ring spot
- roller bearing
- rowlock