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CONCENTRIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a common center
Example:
concentric rings
Synonyms:
concentric; concentrical; homocentric
Classified under:
Similar:
coaxal; coaxial (having a common axis)
Antonym:
eccentric (not having a common center; not concentric)
Derivation:
concentricity (the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another))
Context examples:
In this recent report, the researchers demonstrated that they can modify their donut scaffold so that it consists of six concentric rings, each able to be populated with different types of neurons.
(Bioengineers create functional 3D brain-like tissue, NIH)
Carbon nanotubes can also form as a series of nested, concentric tubes.
(Carbon Nanotubes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A color scale or grayscale display of polar maps as concentric annuli.
(Diagnostic Imaging Bull's Eye, NCI Thesaurus)
Discrete (less than 10 mm length) and concentric and readily accessible and non-angulated segment less than 45 degrees and smooth contour and little or no calcification and less than totally occlusive and not ostial in location and no major branch involvement and absence of thrombus.
(American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Lesion Complexity Score A, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
