Part 2220

<h1>Concentric, Concentrical</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw><hw>Con*cen"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con*cen"tric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>concentrique</ets>. See <er>Concenter</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another.</def>

<blockquote><b>Concentric</b> circles upon the surface of the water. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Concentrical</b> rings like those of an onion. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concentric</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*cen"tric</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which has a common center with something else.</def>

<blockquote>Its pecular relations to its <b>concentrics</b>. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concentrically</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*cen"tric*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a concentric manner.</def>

<h1>Concentricity</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con`cen*tric"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being concentric.</def>

<h1>Concentual</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*cen"tu*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>From</tt> <er>Concent</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Possesing harmony; accordant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Warton.</i>

<h1>Concept</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con"cept</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conceptus</ets> (cf. neut. <ets>conceptum</ets> fetus), p. p. of <ets>concipere</ets> to conceive: cf. F. <ets>concept</ets>. See <er>Conceit</er>.]</ety> <def>An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.</def>

<blockquote>The words <b>conception</b>, <b>concept</b>, <b>notion</b>, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conceptacle</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*cep"ta*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conceptaculum</ets>, fr. <ets>concipere</ets> to receive. See <er>Conceive</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.</def>

<h1>Conceptibility</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*cep`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness.</def>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Conceptible</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*cep"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Conceive</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being conceived; conceivable.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

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