adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a metacenter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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metacentric
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A metacentric chromosome.
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adjective
Meaning 4
having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a metacentric chromosome
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to the metacenter
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth2? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English metacentric From meta- + -centric.
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