decentre
verbUK /diːˈsɛntə(ɹ)/
Etymology From de- + centre.
1
To remove the centre from.
- to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits
2
Engineering, Natural sciences, Optics, Physical sciences, Physics To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
3
To displace from the centre.
- The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 14: