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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós).
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Adjective
centric (comparative more centric, superlative most centric)
- Being in the centre; central.
1661, John Donne, Elegie XVIII:So we her ayres contemplate, words and heart, / And virtues; but we love the Centrique part.
- (physics) Pertaining to a nerve centre.
- (of diatoms) Being a member of the subclass Coscinodiscophyceae (corresponding to the Centrales.)
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