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concentric

[kuhn-sen-trik] / kənˈsɛn trɪk /
ADJECTIVE
having a common center
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Supporters of that idea pointed to its round shape, central peak, and surrounding concentric faults, which are often seen in known impact craters.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

After doffing their shoes, presumably to protect the plush, vibrantly red carpet that covers the theater’s floor, audience members take seats arranged in concentric circles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The frolicking angels populate concentric bands of other clouds that extend upward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Features such as lineated valley fill and concentric crater fill were also noted in our August Mars Express report on Acheron Fossae.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

To accommodate the dances, the Osage had erected, amid the encroaching wilderness, a pavilion, with a mushroom-shaped metal roof and a circular earth floor surrounded by concentric rows of wooden benches.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann