Definition of Decentred

1. Verb. (past of decentre) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decentred

1. decentre [v] - See also: decentre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decentred

decentralises
decentralising
decentralising(a)
decentralism
decentralist
decentralists
decentralization
decentralizations
decentralize
decentralized
decentralizes
decentralizing
decentralizing(a)
decentration
decentre
decentred (current term)
decentres
decentring
decenylene
deceptable
deceptible
deception
deceptional
deceptions
deceptious
deceptive
deceptive advertising
deceptive cadence
deceptive cadences
deceptively

Literary usage of Decentred

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

1. Ophthalmic review (1891)
"... in doing so the prismo-sphere is considered as a decentred spherical lens, and a mathematical formula is worked out which "enables one to determine the ..."

2. Heterophorias and insufficiencies: A Clinical Study by H. H. Seabrook (1900)
"It will be noticed that a distinction was made in two of these cases between prisms and decentred lenses; I have given up any attempt to keep up such a ..."

3. The Refraction of the eye: A Manual for Students by Gustavus Hartridge (1898)
"Thus in order to find out the amount that a lens should be decentred to produce a given prismatic effect, it is necessary to multiply 8'7 by the number of ..."

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