centric

Multiple Entries:
  centric    -centric  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
centric/ˈsɛntrɪk/

▶adjective

• 1 in or at the centre; central.

• 2 Botany (of a diatom) radially symmetrical. Compare with pennate.

– derivatives
centrical adjective,
centricity /-ˈtrɪsɪti/ noun.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-centric/ˈsɛntrɪk/

▶combining form

• 1 having a specified centre: geocentric.

• 2 originating from a specified viewpoint: Eurocentric.

– derivatives
-centricity combining form.

– origin from Gk kentrikos, on the pattern of words such as (con)centric.