homocentric

[ hoh-muh-sen-trik, hom-uh- ]

adjective

1. having a common center; concentric:

   The painting was made of five homocentric circles, alternating bands of purple and orange.

2. diverging from or converging to the same point:

   homocentric rays.

homocentric

/ ˌhɒm-; ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

1. having the same centre; concentric

Derived Forms

• ˌhomoˈcentrically, adverb

Other Words From

• homo·centri·cal·ly adverb
• ho·mo·cen·tric·i·ty [hoh-moh-sen-, tris, -i-tee, hom-oh-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of homocentric¹

First recorded in 1615–25; homo- + -centric

Example Sentences

Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century.

From Literature

This is a homocentric cause: We are valuing the characteristics of animals that are similar to humans.

From Washington Post

Harari’s larger contention is that our homocentric creed, devoted to human liberty and happiness, will be destroyed by the approaching post-humanist horizon.

From The New Yorker

Meanwhile the Church was developing the homocentric notion which would, of course, presuppose the central position in the universe for man's abiding place.

From Project Gutenberg

Greatest among these fostered evolutions, from the homocentric point of view, are the living, the sentient, and the thinking kingdoms that have grown up with the later phases of the physical evolution.

From Project Gutenberg