met-acentric

adjective

Naval Architecture. of or pertaining to a metacenter.

Genetics. of or pertaining to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is centrally located, creating two apparently equal chromosome arms. Compare acentric ( def 2 ), acrocentric, telocentric.

Origin:
meta- + -centric

Related forms

met·a·cen·tric·i·ty

[met-uh-sen-tris-i-tee] , noun

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metacentre or metacenter (ˈmɛtəˌsɛntə)

—n
	the intersection of a vertical line through the centre of buoyancy of a floating body at equilibrium with the formerly vertical line through the centre of gravity of the body when the body is tilted

metacenter or metacenter

—n

meta'centric or metacenter

—*adj*

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metacentric met·a·cen·tric (mět'ə-sěn'trĭk)
adj.
Having the centromere of a chromosome in the median position so that the arms are of equal length. n.
A metacentric chromosome.

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