"acentric" meaning in All languages combined

See acentric on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more acentric [comparative], most acentric [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἀ-||not|pos=privative prefix}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix), {{surf|en|a-|centric|id1=not}} By surface analysis, a- + centric Head templates: {{en-adj}} acentric (comparative more acentric, superlative most acentric)
  1. Not centered; without a centre. Derived forms: acentric factor Translations (without a center): azentrisch (German), ακεντρικός (akentrikós) (Greek), aiceintreach (Irish), acentrico (Italian), acêntrico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-acentric-en-adj-W~-kvXW5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- (not), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a- (not): 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 92 8

Noun [English]

Forms: acentrics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἀ-||not|pos=privative prefix}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix), {{surf|en|a-|centric|id1=not}} By surface analysis, a- + centric Head templates: {{en-noun}} acentric (plural acentrics)
  1. A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere.
    Sense id: en-acentric-en-noun-0O8oTywr

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not",
        "pos": "privative prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "centric",
        "id1": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, a- + centric",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more acentric",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most acentric",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acentric (comparative more acentric, superlative most acentric)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with a- (not)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "acentric factor"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not centered; without a centre."
      ],
      "id": "en-acentric-en-adj-W~-kvXW5",
      "links": [
        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "without a center",
          "word": "azentrisch"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "akentrikós",
          "sense": "without a center",
          "word": "ακεντρικός"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "without a center",
          "word": "aiceintreach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "without a center",
          "word": "acentrico"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "without a center",
          "word": "acêntrico"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntɹɪk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acentric"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not",
        "pos": "privative prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "centric",
        "id1": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, a- + centric",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acentrics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acentric (plural acentrics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere."
      ],
      "id": "en-acentric-en-noun-0O8oTywr",
      "links": [
        [
          "chromosome",
          "chromosome"
        ],
        [
          "centromere",
          "centromere"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntɹɪk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acentric"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms prefixed with a- (not)",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛntɹɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛntɹɪk/3 syllables",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acentric factor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not",
        "pos": "privative prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "centric",
        "id1": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, a- + centric",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more acentric",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most acentric",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acentric (comparative more acentric, superlative most acentric)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Not centered; without a centre."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntɹɪk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "without a center",
      "word": "azentrisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "akentrikós",
      "sense": "without a center",
      "word": "ακεντρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "without a center",
      "word": "aiceintreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "without a center",
      "word": "acentrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "without a center",
      "word": "acêntrico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acentric"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms prefixed with a- (not)",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛntɹɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛntɹɪk/3 syllables",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not",
        "pos": "privative prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "centric",
        "id1": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, a- + centric",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acentrics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acentric (plural acentrics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chromosome",
          "chromosome"
        ],
        [
          "centromere",
          "centromere"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntɹɪk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acentric"
}

Download raw JSONL data for acentric meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.