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Acentric vs Centric - What's the difference?

acentric | centric |

As adjectives the difference between acentric and centric

is that acentric is not centered; without a center while centric is central.

acentric

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Not centered; without a center.

    • Anagrams

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    centric

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete except archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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 class Centrales

    • Related terms

    * central