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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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The magic wheel consists of two sets of lazy tongs, which are connected to form a pair of closed, concentric circles.
Nearly the entire Unioninae subfamily has smooth surfaces with the exception of ridges formed from the concentric growth rings.
It shows prominent radial and concentric trabeculae that unite in three dimensions to produce a rectangular or quadrate skeletal framework.
The fossil tubes have flanges, concentric growth lines and wavy longitudinal ridges.
The whorl of concentric circles behind them could represent Hollywood or heaven.
They are large bivalves with thick shells, which bear numerous and finely spaced concentric lines but no radial ones.

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