body-centered

[bod-ee-sen-terd]

adjective

Crystallography.

1. (of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.

Word History and Origins

Origin of body-centered¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

The project explores how body-centered sound exercises can foster focused perception.

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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.

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“Exhibitionists shall inherit the earth,” wrote the pioneering performance artist and Jesse Helms whipping-boy Ron Athey, who has secured a place in the history books for his physically, psychologically and politically extreme body-centered work.

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Kelli wastes no time taking cheap shots or potshots at the medical establishment and its body-centered biomedicine methods.

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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.

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