centric

adjective cen·tric \ ˈsen-trik \

Updated on: 8 Apr 2018

Definition of centric

1 : located in or at a center : central

a centric point

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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centrically

play \-tri-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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centricity

play \sen-ˈtri-sə-tē\ noun

Recent Examples of centric from the Web

Enter Michelle Waugh, a new namesake line of simple yet elegant city-centric outerwear.

— rachel waldman, Vogue, "Michelle Waugh’s Namesake Outerwear Collection Is A Warm (And Chic) Welcome," 4 Apr. 2018
For this film-centric event, Music Box will serve Wild Thing salad, Jobu’s fried chicken and rum cake.

— cleveland.com, "22 movies and film fests to see in Cleveland in April 2018," 3 Apr. 2018
Not when rookie center Bam Adebayo can do much of Whiteside’s work with a more Heat-centric mindset.

— dave hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Hyde: Whiteside makes nice - but nothing has changed | Commentary," 2 Apr. 2018
But another big factor is Google’s software-centric approach.

— lauren goode, The Verge, "Apple leans on multimedia to convince schools that iPads are better than Chromebooks," 28 Mar. 2018
Mountain Brook City Manager Sam Gaston said in an email to AL.com that the information was posted to three city-centric Facebook pages, including its main page, its animal control page and the police department's page.

— howard koplowitz, AL.com, "JeffCo Health Dept. dispatches crews after Mountain Brook dog falls ill from eating rabies vaccine," 22 Mar. 2018
Joining the ranks of such avo-centric spots as Brooklyn's Avocaderia and Amsterdam's Avocado Show is Casa Velas, a hotel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and its current Guacamania event.

— olivia harrison, refinery29.com, "This Hotel Employs A 'Guacamologist'," 22 Mar. 2018
Bob Greenlee, managing director of SVN-Miller Commercial Real Estate’s Chesapeake branch in Easton, said building a Baltimore-centric bridge would be misguided, given growth in Southern Maryland, Washington and Northern Virginia.

— colin campbell, Washington Post, "Hope and opposition emerge as Maryland scouts locations for a new Chesapeake Bay Bridge," 19 Mar. 2018
Last year, publisher Liena Zagare realized ad revenue wasn’t going to be enough to support this borough-centric news site.

— patrick sisson, Curbed, "Local news is in trouble. Can new publications turn it around?," 14 Mar. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of centric

Greek kentrikos of the center, from kentron

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First Known Use: circa 1593

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Other Government and Politics Terms

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-centric

adjective combining form

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

adjective combining form

Definition of -centric for English Language Learners

: having (something) at the center
: having (something) as a central interest, influence, subject, etc.

Medical Dictionary

centric

adjective cen·tric \ ˈsen-trik \

medical Definition of centric

1 : of or relating to a nerve center

2 : of, relating to, or having a centromere

3 of 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