"metacentric" meaning in All languages combined

See metacentric on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From meta- + -centric. Etymology templates: {{af|en|meta-|-centric}} meta- + -centric Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} metacentric (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to a metacenter. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-metacentric-en-adj-G6pOnXcH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta-, English terms suffixed with -centric, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 38 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 50 36 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -centric: 53 41 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 28 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 29 4
  2. (genetics) Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-metacentric-en-adj-uS2m0dOw Categories (other): Genetics Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metacentric height, metacentric stability

Noun [English]

Forms: metacentrics [plural]
Etymology: From meta- + -centric. Etymology templates: {{af|en|meta-|-centric}} meta- + -centric Head templates: {{en-noun}} metacentric (plural metacentrics)
  1. A metacentric chromosome.
    Sense id: en-metacentric-en-noun-Kmun4djI

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French métacentrique. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|métacentrique}} Borrowed from French métacentrique Head templates: {{ro-adj}} metacentric m or n (feminine singular metacentrică, masculine plural metacentrici, feminine and neuter plural metacentrice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: metacentrică [feminine, singular], metacentrici [masculine, plural], metacentrice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], metacentric [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], metacentrică [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], metacentrici [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, singular], metacentrice [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, neuter, plural], metacentricul [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], metacentrica [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], metacentricii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, singular], metacentricele [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural], metacentrice [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], metacentricului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], metacentricei [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], metacentricilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, singular], metacentricelor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural]
  1. metacentric Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-metacentric-ro-adj-uGeXZUX9 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for metacentric meaning in All languages combined (5.0kB)

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