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acentric

American  
[ey-sen-trik] / eɪˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

  1. not centered; having no center.

  2. Genetics.  of or relating to a chromosome or chromatid that lacks a centromere.

acentric British  
/ eɪˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

  1. without a centre

  2. not on centre; eccentric

  3. genetics (of a chromosome or chromosome fragment) lacking a centromere

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an acentric chromosome or fragment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of acentric

First recorded in 1850–55; a- 6 + -centric

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Instead, he asserted parts of our cosmology: our acentric universe has innumerable suns, surrounded by planets, even some that may resemble our inhabited Earth.

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