body-centered
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body–cen·tered

adjective \ˈbä-dē-ˌsen-tərd\

Definition of BODY-CENTERED

: relating to or being a crystal space lattice in which each cubic unit cell has an atom at its center and at each vertex — compare face-centered

First Known Use of BODY-CENTERED

1921

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