concentric
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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
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
Each vessel, known as a diatretum, started as a thick-walled glass form that was carefully carved into two concentric layers connected by thin glass bridges.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 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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