centric
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɹɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk
Adjective
centric (comparative more centric, superlative most centric)
- Being in the centre; central.
- 1661, John Donne, Elegie XVIII:
- So we her ayres contemplate, words and heart, / And virtues; but we love the Centrique part.
- (physics) Pertaining to a nerve centre.
- (of diatoms) Being a member of the subclass Coscinodiscophyceae (corresponding to the Centrales.)
Hyponyms
- egocentric
- galactocentric
- geocentric
- heliocentric
- hydrocentric
- IT-centric
- pyrocentric
- selenocentric
- thanatocentric
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