centric
adj/ˈsɛntɹɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós), equivalent to centre + -ic.
1
Being in the centre; central.
- So we her ayres contemplate, words and heart, / And virtues; but we love the Centrique part.1661, John Donne, Elegie XVIII:
2
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Pertaining to a nerve centre.
3
Of diatoms Being a member of the subclass Coscinodiscophyceae (corresponding to the Centrales.)
- Derived terms
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alterocentric, Amerocentric, apocentric, bronchocentric, centrical, centrically, centricity, corticocentric, dicentric, ecocentric, eucentric, eukaryocentric, gastrocentric, isocentric, logocentric, monocentric, mycocentric, myocentric, neocentric, neurocentric, noncentric, organocentric, pathocentric, pericentric, photocentric, renocentric, subcentric, unicentric, vasculocentric, venocentric- Related terms
- central
- Hyponyms
- egocentric, galactocentric, geocentric, heliocentric, hydrocentric, IT-centric, pyrocentric, selenocentric, thanatocentric