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Centric — Launched September 21, 1996 Owned by BET Networks (a division of Viacom) Headquarters Washington, D.C. Formerly called BET on Jazz (September 1996 – May 2002) BET J … Wikipedia
Centric — Cen tric, Centrical Cen tric*al, a. Placed in the center or middle; central; situated at or near a center. [1913 Webster] At York or some other centrical place. Sir W. Scott. {Cen tric*al*ly}, adv. {Cen tric*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
centric — index central (situated near center) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
-centric — ► COMBINING FORM 1) having a specified centre: geocentric. 2) originating from a specified viewpoint: Eurocentric. DERIVATIVES centricity combining form in corresponding nouns. ORIGIN from Greek kentrikos … English terms dictionary
-centric — [sen′trik΄] [ME centrik < ML centricus < L centrum, CENTER + icus, IC] combining form forming adjectives 1. having a center or centers (of a specified kind or number) [concentric] 2. having (a specified thing) as its center [geocentric] 3.… … English World dictionary
centric — [sen′trik΄] adj. [Gr kentrikos < kentron: see CENTER] 1. in, at, or near the center; central 2. of or having a center: Also centrical centrically adv. centricity [sen′tris′i tē] n … English World dictionary
centric — adjective Etymology: Greek kentrikos of the center, from kentron Date: circa 1590 1. located in or at a center ; central < a centric point > 2. concentrated about or directed to a center < a centric activity > 3. of, relating to, or having a … New Collegiate Dictionary
centric — Having a center (of a specific kind or number) or having a specific thing as its center (of interest, focus, etc.). [G. kentron, center] * * * cen·tric sen trik adj 1) of or relating to a nerve center 2) of, relating to … Medical dictionary
-centric — combining form 1》 having a specified centre: geocentric. 2》 originating from a specified viewpoint: Eurocentric. Derivatives centricity combining form. Origin from Gk kentrikos, on the pattern of words such as (con)centric … English new terms dictionary
-centric — aff. a combining form meaning “having centers” of the specified number or kind (dicentric); “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element (ethnocentric) • Etymology: see centric … From formal English to slang
