concentric
adjective
Examples of concentric in a Sentence
Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
The captains created their own concentric communication circles through every available channel, from WhatsApp and Signal to X direct messages to Zoom calls to large text message chains.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
Underneath the putting surface, Macaulay explains, three concentric circles of steel are held up by more than 500 beams and 49 steel supports bolted to the concrete floor.
—WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
Technique Armed with just a common rake, Nik works in concentric circles from the base of each tree outwards.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
In concentric circles, Klein builds up to the theory that social media and COVID-19 have fueled an escape from reality that threatens our health and freedom.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
To make the webs, simply pipe four to five concentric circles on each brownie with white frosting, then drag several lines with a wooden toothpick through the frosting, starting at the smallest center circle.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
On the left, its concentric purple-pink rings reveal a plasma at the core of Helion’s Trenta reactor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2023
We were seated under the open sky on concentric stone benches in the acoustically ideal theater.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Middle English consentrik, from Medieval Latin concentricus, from Latin com- + centrum center
1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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