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acentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
acen-tric
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not centered; without a centre.

noun

A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more acentric (comparative) most acentric (superlative) acentrics (plural)

Phrases

acentric factor

Rhymes With

eccentric centric concentric egocentric eurocentric geocentric heliocentric excentric allocentric bicentric dicentric sinocentric

Questions

What does acentric mean?
Not centered; without a centre.
Where does acentric come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce acentric

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