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What does concentric mean?

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Adjective
  1. (geometry) Having a common center.
  2. (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).
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Nearly the entire Unioninae subfamily has smooth surfaces with the exception of ridges formed from the concentric growth rings.
Day and night gophers and rabbits hop through several concentric fences onto the lawn and scuttle out again.
Hogan is best known for his polychromatic relief paintings made by pouring Rhoplex over concentric coils of rope laid out in geometric patterns.
The magic wheel consists of two sets of lazy tongs, which are connected to form a pair of closed, concentric circles.
During this interval there is rapid plantar flexion of the ankle joint due to concentric contraction of the triceps surae muscle.
It was almost possible to see the location of the Palace, at the centre of concentric rings of islands.

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