concentric
pronunciation
How to pronounce concentric in British English:
UK [kənˈsentrɪk]
How to pronounce concentric in American English:
US [kənˈsɛntrɪk]
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- Adjective:
- having a common center
Word Origin
- concentric (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Middle French concentrique, from Medieval Latin concentricus, from com- "together" (see com-) + centrum "circle, center" (see center (n.)).
Example
- 1. These threats can be described in four concentric rings .
- 2. Place a picture of concentric circles a few feet away and stare at it .
- 3. To cloak something , concentric rings of the metamaterial are placed around the object to be concealed .
- 4. The minute droplets in the layer of fog deflect sunlight in such a way to produce concentric rings and overlapping colors .
- 5. Images of black-hole collisions that happened before the new bang may thus imprint themselves as concentric circular marks in the emerging cosmic microwave background .