centric

[ sen-trik ]
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adjective
  1. pertaining to or situated at the center; central.

  2. Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to or originating at a nerve center.

Origin of centric

1
1580–90; <Greek kentrikós of, pertaining to a cardinal point, equivalent to kéntr(on) (see center) + -ikos-ic
  • Also cen·tri·cal .

Other words from centric

  • cen·tri·cal·ly, adverb
  • cen·tric·i·ty [sen-tris-i-tee], /sɛnˈtrɪs ɪ ti/, noun
  • mul·ti·cen·tric, adjective
  • un·cen·tric, adjective
  • un·cen·tri·cal, adjective

Other definitions for -centric (2 of 2)

-centric

  1. a combining form with the meanings “having a center or centers” of the specified number or kind (polycentric); “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element (ethnocentric; heliocentric).

Origin of -centric

2
see origin at centr-, -ic

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British Dictionary definitions for centric (1 of 2)

centric

centrical

/ (ˈsɛntrɪk) /


adjective
  1. being central or having a centre

  2. relating to or originating at a nerve centre

  1. botany

    • Also: concentric (of vascular bundles) having one type of tissue completely surrounding the other

    • (of leaves, such as those of the onion) cylindrical

Derived forms of centric

  • centrically, adverb
  • centricity (sɛnˈtrɪsɪtɪ), noun

British Dictionary definitions for -centric (2 of 2)

-centric

suffix forming adjectives
  1. having a centre as specified: heliocentric

Origin of -centric

2
abstracted from eccentric, concentric, etc

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