metacentric en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English metacentric From meta- + -centric.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a metacenter.
- (not-comparable) Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.
Deriveds
metacentric stability · metacentricity · metacentric height · submetacentric