"metacentric" meaning in English

See metacentric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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: 62 37 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 51 36 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -centric: 56 38 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 28 3
  2. (genetics) Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-metacentric-en-adj-uS2m0dOw Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metacentric height, metacentric stability

Noun

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

Inflected forms

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