Definition of ACENTRIC

acentric

Plural: acentrics

Adjective

  • Having no center.
  • lacking a centromere
    • "an acentric chromosome fragment"

Adjective Satellite

  • not centered or having no center

Adj

  • Not centered; without a centre

Noun

  • A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere

Examples

  • His strategy was acentric, focusing on small words at the edges of the board.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.

Scrabble Score: 12

acentric: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
acentric: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
acentric: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

acentric: valid Words With Friends Word