Definition of Centric

1. Adjective. Having or situated at or near a center.

Exact synonyms: Centrical
Similar to: Central
Derivative terms: Center, Center, Center, Center

Definition of Centric

1. a. Placed in the center or middle; central.

Definition of Centric

1. Adjective. Being in the centre; central. ¹

2. Adjective. (physics) Pertaining to a nerve centre. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of diatoms) Being a member of the class ''Centrales'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centric

1. situated at the center [adj]

Medical Definition of Centric

1. Having a centre (of a specific kind or number) or having a specific thing as its centre (of interest, focus, etc.). Origin: G. Kentron, centre (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centric

centrencephalic
centrencephalic epilepsy
centrepiece
centrepieces
centrepin
centrepins
centreright
centres
centres for disease control and prevention
centres of curvature
centres of gravity
centres of lift
centrex
centri-
centri-acinar emphysema
centric (current term)
centric contact
centric fusion
centric interocclusal record
centric jaw relation
centric occlusion
centric position
centric relation
centrical
centrically
centricalness
centriciput
centricities
centricity
centrick

Literary usage of Centric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Environmental Information for Naval Warfare by National Academy of Engineering, Inc NetLibrary (2003)
"Information Flow: Leveraging Network-centric Concepts This chapter points out: • the significant characteristics of network-centric warfare; • how the naval ..."

2. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"Accordingly, the centric phase may be assumed to present a state of ... The rearrangement of the three positive and three negative charges of the centric ..."

3. Defense Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis: Meeting the Challenge by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Network-centric Warfare Another major consideration for planning, training, ... It is often referred to as network-centric thinking or network-centric ..."

4. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"The centric causes of convulsions are divided ... But, gentlemen, there is yet another centric agent capable of evoking convulsions, to which I desire ..."

5. Forcenet Implementation Strategy by Nsb (2005)
"However, the full realization of network-centric operations presents technical, ... The linkage of today's systems into network-centric forces will be an ..."

6. The Surd of Metaphysics: An Inquiry Into the Question Are There Things-in by Paul Carus (1903)
"THE EGO-centric VIEW ABANDONED. The contrast between the old and the new psychology ... In astronomy the geo-centric, and in psychology the ego-centric, ..."

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