concentric
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But it was Dante’s funnel-shaped map of a kingdom of torments, with its nine concentric rings, that popularized the notion of circles of Hell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 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
In later scenes, when the Shakers are established and actively recruiting in America, the worshipers march in straight lines and concentric circles, all while lightly tapping their shoulders, crossing their arms and looking straight ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
This account presented Muslim and Christian philosophers with a problem which had not worried their pagan predecessors: how did it come about that the four elements did not form perfect concentric circles?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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