单词 | concentrically |
释义 | concentricallyadv. In a concentric manner; as part of or so as to form a concentric arrangement; at or relative to a common centre. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb] > with the same centre concentrically1647 concentrally1654 homocentrically1693 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adverb] > other two-dimensional form concentrically1647 pentagonally1658 sexangularly1681 octagonally1753 concentricly1818 1647 G. Tooke Belides 77 Why yet the dearest soules, and essences, Of manyfold Re-publiques, Cities, Princes, And mighty Monarchs, in his bosome met Concentrically. 1649 W. Charleton tr. J. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes 20 A new third quality, generated in the body, would rather attract the virulent exhalation concentrically and inwards, and could by no meanes be invited outwards, by an excentricall attraction. 1708 S. Clarke Third Def. Argument 18 Pieces of Surfaces spherically and concentrically convex. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 278 Acicular prisms, concentrically or stellularly arranged. 1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) IV. vi. 169 Shell oblong..obsoletely striated concentrically. 1876 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. VI. 211 We find the left ventricle concentrically hypertrophied. 1909 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 80 440 Cause the metal to contract concentrically in the mould so that no part will remain in contact with the chill longer than any other. 1967 Arizona Republic 28 Oct. 54/1 Allegories, all of them revolving more or less concentrically around man's relationship to God. 2002 Times 19 Apr. 10/6 New roads were laid out concentrically round the tower. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1647 |
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