concentric

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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

The frolicking angels populate concentric bands of other clouds that extend upward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Unlike at many such events, people were allowed to move at an unhurried pace, flowing in concentric circles around the casket set atop the same catafalque used in 1865 to hold Abraham Lincoln’s body.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan