Concentric

adjective

Word Frequency: 2.4

Definitions

1.adjectiveHaving a common center.

2.adjective(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).

Synonyms

homocentric coaxial concentrical coaxal co-axial confocal semiconcentric homocentrical centrosymmetric eccentric unicentric centroidal

Antonyms

eccentric

Rhymes With

eccentric egocentric centric anthropocentric ethnocentric geocentric entrick cement truck

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