Meaning

adjective of or relating to the metacenter

adjective having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English metacentric From meta- + -centric.

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