English Explanatory Dictionary

metacentric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a metacenter.
  2. Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.
noun
  1. A metacentric chromosome.

Word forms

metacentric metacentrics

Etymology

From meta- + -centric.

Derived words

metacentric height metacentricity metacentric stability submetacentric
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