body-centered
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of body-centered
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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These included a body-centered cubic arrangement, where an extra atom sits in the middle of the cube, or a face-centered cubic arrangement, where atoms occupy the centers of each face.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
She was treated with traditional talk therapy and somatic therapy, a form of body-centered therapy, to explore the effect of stress on her body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
What is the coordination number of a chromium atom in the body-centered cubic structure of chromium?
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Her body-centered work, which often involved bloodletting, is somewhere on a continuum that would also include the Viennese Actionists, Marina Abramovic and the American performance artist Ron Athey.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
Note: I realize it’s dicey to use a body-centered metaphor to discuss a young female artist, and one who distances herself from the anatomical foregrounding in contemporary pop at that.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2014
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