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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How to use centric in a sentence

  • Serious reverses soon followed, and the fatally ex-centric position of the corps in Naples was then immediately apparent.

    The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
  • To my mind, Professor Perry rendered philosophic discussion a real service when he coined the phrase "ego-centric predicament."

  • But this deep-set theoretic notion had to give way, and the helio-centric theory may, in its turn, have to give way also.

    Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
  • Children of four are not nearly so completely ego-centric as those of three.

    Here and Now Story Book | Lucy Sprague Mitchell
  • He was kind to the poor, walked much, talked to himself as he walked, and was known by the humble sort as "a'centric."

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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