Definition of centric
2 : concentrated about or directed to a center a centric activity
3 : of, relating to, or having a centromere
4 : of, relating to, or resembling an order (Centrales) of radially symmetrical diatoms
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Green groups have argued for years that the San Diego Association of Governments, or SANDAG, has underfunded public transit in favor of a car-centric approach to regional planning.
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Author Sam Maggs also includes interviews with several of today’s visionary women, plus an extensive bibliography and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations.
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In response, the Gill Foundation helped form a new front group called Georgia Prospers, and settled on a strategy that eschewed noisy, colorful protests in favor of a state-centric approach led by businesses.
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Patrick Horn, the executive chef at Satterfield's Restaurant in Vestavia Hills, is leaving the fine-dining restaurant to operate a new, bacon-centric food truck that's coming to Birmingham later this year.
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Developing these garden-centric cocktails came naturally to Stewart.
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These and more heavy-duty charms go on display for three hours this weekend in downtown Ardmore, when slow-moving mechanical beasts star in the kid-centric pop-up the Big Dig.
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Policy Questions Whether such promotions will shape decisions in China’s opaque and increasingly party-centric policy landscape is an open question.
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Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley, native Nebraskans turned Los Angeles comics turned Facebook and internet sensations, are taking their mom-centric show — and their kids — on the road.
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Origin and Etymology of centric
Greek kentrikos of the center, from kentron
Other Government and Politics Terms
-centric
Definition of -centric
1 : having (such) a center or (such or so many) centers polycentric
2 : having (something specified) as its center heliocentric
Examples of -centric in a Sentence
The solar system is heliocentric, meaning that the sun is at its center.
Origin and Etymology of -centric
Medieval Latin -centricus, from Latin centrum center
CENTRIC Defined for English Language Learners
-centric
Definition of -centric for English Language Learners
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: having (something) at the center
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: having (something) as a central interest, influence, subject, etc.
Medical Dictionary
centric
playMedical Definition of centric
1: of or relating to a nerve center
2: of, relating to, or having a centromere
3of dental occlusion : involving spatial relationships such that all teeth of both jaws meet in a normal manner and forces exerted by the lower on the upper jaw are perfectly distributed in the dental arch
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