Centric Definition

sĕntrĭk
adjective
In, at, or near the center; central.
Webster's New World
Of or having a center.
Webster's New World
Having radially symmetrical valves. Used of diatoms.
American Heritage Medicine
(physics) Pertaining to a nerve centre.
Wiktionary
(of diatoms) Being a member of the class Centrales.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
suffix
Having a specified kind or number of centers.
Polycentric.
American Heritage
Having a specified object as the center.
Geocentric.
American Heritage
Focused on or viewed in terms of a specified area, subject, or culture.
Anthropocentric; Afrocentric.
American Heritage
affix
Having a center or centers (of a specified kind or number)
Concentric.
Webster's New World
Having (a specified thing) as its center.
Geocentric.
Webster's New World
Having (a specified thing) as the focus of attention, efforts, etc.
Afrocentric.
Webster's New World

Origin of Centric

  • ME -centrik < ML -centricus < L centrum, center + -icus, -ic

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikos).

    From Wiktionary

Centric Sentence Examples

  • Then, on account of the relatively slight - because divided - influence which would be exercised upon the two rings by the two affinities common to both, the remaining four centric affinities of each ring would presumably be less attracted into the ring than in the case of benzene; consequently they would be more active outwards, and combination would set in more readily.

  • With their highly ethical approach and customer centric culture it is no surprise that they have not lost a single customer along the way.

  • Most people who work in bike shops are bike nuts more than happy to bring a new rider into their bike centric world.

  • This conference looks at the different approaches to becoming network centric, and provides a forum for discussing funding, rationalization and convergence.

  • In the South, diatoms are favored over flagellates, and in the north, centric diatoms over pennate.

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CICRIC

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