Concentric is an English word with synonyms like coaxial or eccentric. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Concentric meaning
- Having a common center.
- (of a motion) in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (E.g. extension of the lower arm via the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
Using Concentric
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a common center. | (of a motion) in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (E.g. extension of the lower arm via the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
- Useful related words include: concentrical, homocentric, coaxial, coaxal.
- In the example corpus, concentric often appears in combinations such as: concentric rings, concentric circles, of concentric.
Context around Concentric
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Concentric
- In this selection, "concentric" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eventually, five, slight, circles, rings and growth stand out and add context to how "concentric" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be immense concentric rings in and concentric rings of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "concentric" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with concentric
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Representatives for Concentric did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. (14 words)
I like to think a building that promotes wellbeing consists of a series of concentric circles. (16 words)
Concentric Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Exxon Mobil by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. (17 words)
Amanita section Amanita includes the species which have very patchy universal veil remnants, including a volva that is reduced to a series of concentric rings and the veil remnants on the cap to a series of patches or warts. (39 words)
The concentric circle of infections, the poor level of care, deaths and more infections, will continue to expand, as it has been demonstrated in Italy, Spain and U.S.A. It is bad news. (34 words)
A single leaf in the light wind tore off my limb, flew, floated, and after a long linger landed lightly upon the surface of the water, spreading its last, slight, concentric ripples. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
A beaded cultured pearl shows a solid center with no concentric growth rings, whereas a natural pearl shows a series of concentric growth rings.
But Epstein was careful to keep the concentric circles that made up his professional and personal lives separated.
Eventually, concentric circles converged with Cleveland, who was starting to mull her retirement, while also seeking ways to infuse the library with fresh energy.
On the table in front of Crawford, she had set up a series of five concentric circles using different sized stones.
Representatives for Concentric did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
A single leaf in the light wind tore off my limb, flew, floated, and after a long linger landed lightly upon the surface of the water, spreading its last, slight, concentric ripples.
I have no interest in displaying the concentric circles of fat that push up and out of my pants like one of those Fisher Price multi-colored ring sets for babies.
In Fig. 4 the SuperHero inner reaction turbine output drives a concentric contrarotating impulse turbine and the large number of nozzles provides high power density.
The spacecraft’s three concentric cones help direct heat and light away from the telescope and other components, keeping them cool.
Concentric Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Exxon Mobil by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter.
I’ve been obsessed with these walls: concentric circles that interact with each other and create this kind of extraordinary pattern.
The concentric circle of infections, the poor level of care, deaths and more infections, will continue to expand, as it has been demonstrated in Italy, Spain and U.S.A. It is bad news.
These traces could be immense concentric rings in the sky that may be glimpsed in the “cosmic background radiation”, the weak residual radiation of the big bang which fills the universe.
I like to think a building that promotes wellbeing consists of a series of concentric circles.
An Iron Age round settlement at St Ive and a prehistoric settlement with concentric ditches at Lansallos in Cornwall are among dozens of new discoveries in the county.
Concentric rings of sparkly aventurine glass evoke the night sky, while a rose-gold sun radiates from the center of the dial.
The trees will grow inside four concentric rings, each one representing one of the four Canadian divisions that fought at Vimy.
A keep was a great tower and usually the most strongly defended point of a castle before the introduction of concentric defence.
Alternatively, ovality of the core or cladding may be specified by a tolerance field consisting of two concentric circles, within which the cross section boundaries must lie.
Amanita section Amanita includes the species which have very patchy universal veil remnants, including a volva that is reduced to a series of concentric rings and the veil remnants on the cap to a series of patches or warts.
Common combinations with concentric
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- concentric rings 16×
- concentric circles 15×
- of concentric 11×
- the concentric 6×
- with concentric 4×
- in concentric 4×
- three concentric 3×
- multiple concentric 3×
- are concentric 3×
- concentric with 3×