acentric
acentric adjective: not centered; without a centre.
Adjective
acentric (comparative more acentric, superlative most acentric)
- Not centered; without a centre.
Noun
acentric (plural acentrics)
- A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere.
acentric meaning in Tamil and Bengali
acentric in Tamil
- மையப்பாத்தில்லாத, திரிமையம் அற்றவை
acentric in Bengali
- কেন্দ্রস্থ নয়, কেন্দ্রহীন
Forms of acentric
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more acentric |
| superlative | most acentric |
| Noun | |
| plural | acentrics |
Origin of acentric
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.
Words formed from acentric
Phrases with acentric
Words that rhyme with acentric
- eccentric
- allocentric
- centric
- egocentric
- bicentric
- concentric
- excentric
- geocentric
- heliocentric
- psychocentric
- Americocentric
- Croatocentric
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Questions about acentric
- What does acentric mean?
- Acentric means not centered; without a centre.
- What is acentric in Tamil?
- Acentric in Tamil is மையப்பாத்தில்லாத, திரிமையம் அற்றவை. See Acentric meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is acentric?
- Acentric can be an adjective or a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acentric (page history and authors); acentric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acentric (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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