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metacentric

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. metacentric (adjective)
  2. metacentric height (noun)
  3. longitudinal metacentric height (noun)

meta·cen·tric

adj \ˌme-tə-ˈsen-trik\

Definition of METACENTRIC

1
: of or relating to a metacenter
2
: having the centromere medially situated so that the two chromosomal arms are of roughly equal length
— metacentric noun

First Known Use of METACENTRIC

1798

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