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paracentric

paracentric adjective: deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a centre.

Adjective

paracentric (comparative more paracentric, superlative most paracentric)

  1. Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a centre.
    Synonyms:
    paracentrical

Noun

paracentric (plural paracentrics)

  1. A planar curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or centre, by equal distances in equal times.

paracentric meaning in Tamil

paracentric in Tamil

திரிமையப்பக்கமாற்றம்

Synonyms of paracentric

Forms of paracentric

Adjective
comparativemore paracentric
superlativemost paracentric
Noun
pluralparacentrics

Origin of paracentric

From para- + -centric.

Questions about paracentric

What does paracentric mean?
Paracentric means deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a centre.
What is paracentric in Tamil?
Paracentric in Tamil is திரிமையப்பக்கமாற்றம். See Paracentric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paracentric?
Paracentric can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near paracentric in the dictionary

  1. paraceltitids
  2. paracenteses
  3. paracentesis
  4. paracentral
  5. paracentrally
  6. paracentric
  7. paracentrical
  8. paracentrics
  9. paracentromeric
  10. paracentrone
  11. paracephalodia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paracentric (page history and authors); paracentric (Tamil 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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