What Is a Concentric?

In geometry, two or more objects are said to be concentric, coaxal, or coaxial when they share the same center or axis. Circles, regular polygons and regular polyhedra, and spheres may be concentric to one another, as may cylinders.

What is a concentric in science?

having a common center, as circles or spheres. Also con·cen·tri·cal .

What does it mean if someone is concentric?

Concentric is from the Latin word concentricus, from com ("together") plus centrum ("center" or "circle"). So, concentric things have a center in common. ... The opposite word is eccentric ("not having a common center") like that oddball neighbor you have nothing in common with.