How do you pronounce concentric?

The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈsɛn.tɹɪk/.

Where does concentric come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

concentric

/kənˈsɛn.tɹɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: con-cen-tric
IPA: /kənˈsɛn.tɹɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Having a common center.

adj

Of a motion, in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (e.g. the extension of the lower arm by means of the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).

Example Sentences

"Seven huge concentric semi-circular rings of stone surround the northern end, and quite rightly are Grade 2-listed by conservation body Historic England."
"The ordo amoris can be conceptualized as a series of concentric circles radiating outward from ourselves, beginning with loving God, who is, as Augustine put it, “closer to us than we are to ourselves,” and ending with loving the rest of the world outside our own country."

Etymology

From Middle English concentrik, from Middle French concentrique, from Medieval Latin concentricus, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + centrum (“circle, center”). Equivalent to con- + -centric. By surface analysis, con- + centre + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: concentrik, concentrique, concentricus, con-

Inflected Forms

more concentric (comparative) most concentric (superlative)

Derived Forms

biconcentric concentrically concentricity concentricness concentrism nonconcentric radioconcentric

Phrases

concentric contraction Oxford University Press

Frequently Paired Words

concentricity semiconcentric in Dictionary.com Oxford University Press 2019–2022

Synonyms

concentrical homocentric

Antonyms

eccentric

Rhymes With

eccentric egocentric geocentric ethnocentric anthropocentric afrocentric centric eurocentric heliocentric excentric allocentric acentric