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metacentric

metacentric adjective: of or pertaining to a metacenter.

Adjective

metacentric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a metacenter.
  2. Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.

Noun

metacentric (plural metacentrics)

  1. A metacentric chromosome.

Forms of metacentric

pluralmetacentrics

Origin of metacentric

From meta- + -centric.

Words formed from metacentric

Phrases with metacentric

Questions about metacentric

What does metacentric mean?
Metacentric means of or pertaining to a metacenter.
What part of speech is metacentric?
Metacentric can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near metacentric in the dictionary

  1. metacenter
  2. metacenters
  3. metacentral
  4. metacentre
  5. metacentres
  6. metacentric
  7. metacentric height
  8. metacentric heights
  9. metacentric stability
  10. metacentricity
  11. metacentrics

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