Associations to the word «Concentric»

Pictures for the word «Concentric»

Wiktionary

CONCENTRIC, adjective. (geometry) Having a common center.
CONCENTRIC, adjective. (physiology) (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).

Dictionary definition

CONCENTRIC, adjective. Having a common center; "concentric rings".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca