"monocentric" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: mono- + centric Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|centric}} mono- + centric Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monocentric (not comparable)
  1. Having a single centre Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monocentric-en-adj-FyxZlO5U
  2. (genetics) Having a single centromere Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-monocentric-en-adj-qCn9q23Q Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mono- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 14 27 20 20 19 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (linguistics) (of a language) Having only one formally standardized version Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-monocentric-en-adj-CtYRsQK2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 29 38 16 14 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: monocentrics [plural]
Etymology: mono- + centric Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|centric}} mono- + centric Head templates: {{en-noun}} monocentric (plural monocentrics)
  1. (optics) A monocentric lens Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-monocentric-en-noun-ZNEN9pBr Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (genetics) A monocentric chromosome Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-monocentric-en-noun-9inUeYwM Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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