Definition of Concintric
{ Con*cen"tric (?), Con*cen"tric*al (?) },
a. [F. concentrique. See
Concenter.] Having a common center, as circles of
different size, one within another.
Concentric circles upon the surface of the
water.
Sir I. Newton.
Concentrical rings like those of an
onion.
Arbuthnot.
Con*cen"tric, n. That which
has a common center with something else.
Its pecular relations to its
concentrics.
Coleridge.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Having a common center.
- (Physiology): (of a motion) in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (E.g. extension of the lower arm while flexing the tricep; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter). (Antonym: Eccentric)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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