centric

Being in the centre; central.

Adjective

  1. Being in the centre; central.
    • So we her ayres contemplate, words and heart, / And virtues; but we love the Centrique part. - 1661, John Donne, Elegie XVIII:
  2. Pertaining to a nerve centre.
  3. Being a member of the subclass Coscinodiscophyceae (corresponding to the Centrales.)

Origin

From Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós), equivalent to centre + -ic.

Forms

more centric most centric centrick centrique

Hyponyms

egocentric galactocentric geocentric heliocentric hydrocentric IT-centric pyrocentric selenocentric thanatocentric

Related

central

Derived

alterocentric Amerocentric apocentric bronchocentric centrical centrically centricity corticocentric dicentric ecocentric eucentric eukaryocentric gastrocentric isocentric logocentric monocentric mycocentric myocentric neocentric neurocentric noncentric organocentric pathocentric pericentric