Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Centrifugence

Cen‐trif″u‐gence (?), n. The property or quality of being centrifugal. R. W. Emerson.

2189

Centring

Cen″tring (?), n. See Centring.

2190

Centripetal

Cen‐trip″e‐tal (?), a. [L. centrum center + petere to move toward.] 1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.2. (Bot.) (a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence...

2191

Centripetence

Cen‐trip″e‐tence (?), n. Centripetency.

2192

Centripetency

Cen‐trip″e‐ten‐cy (?), n. Tendency toward the center.

2193

Centriscoid

Cen‐tris″coid (?), a. [NL. Centriscus (r. Gr. � a kind of fish) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.

2194

Centrobaric

Cen′tro‐bar″ic (?), a. Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it.Centrobaric method(Math.), a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or ...

2195

Centrode

Cen″trode (sĕn″trōd), n.(Kinematics) In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center.

2196

Centroid

Cen″troid (troid), n. [L. centrum + -oid.] The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.

2197

Centrolecithal

Cen′tro‐lec″i‐thal (sĕn′trō̍‐lĕs″ĭ‐thal), a. [Gr. κέντρον center + λέκιθοσ yolk of an egg.] (Biol.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being eit...

2198

Centrolinead

Cen′tro‐lin″e‐ad (–lĭn″ē̍‐ăd), n. An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

2199

Centrolineal

Cen′tro‐lin″e‐al (–al), a. [L. centrum + linea line.] Converging to a center; — applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

2200

Centrosome

Cen″tro‐some′ (?), n.(Biol.) A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is ...

2201

Centrosphere

Cen″tro‐sphere (?), n. [Gr. � centre + sphere.] 1. (Geol.) The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming most of its mass; — disting. from lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc.2. (...

2202

Centrostaltic

Cen′tro‐stal″tic (?), a.(Physiol.) A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center. Marshall Hall.

2203

Centrum

‖Cen″trum (?), n.; pl. E. Centrums (#), L. Centra (#). (Anat.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

2204

Centry

Cen″try (?), n. See Sentry. Gray.

2205

Centumvir

‖Cen‐tum″vir (?), n.; pl.Centumviri (#). [L., fr. centum hundred + Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire ...

2206

Centumviral

Cen‐tum″vi‐ral (?), a. [L. centumvitalis.] Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.

2207

Centumvirate

Cen‐tum″vi‐rate (?), n. [Cf. F. centumvirat.] The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.

2208

Centuple

Cen″tu‐ple (?), a. [L. centuplex; centum + plicare to fold; cf. F. centuple.] Hundredfold.

2209

Centuple (2)

Cen″tu‐ple, v. t. To increase a hundredfold.

2210

Centuplicate

Cen‐tu″pli‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Centuplicated; p. pr. & vb. n.Centuplicating.] [L. centuplicare. See Centuple, a.] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. Howell.

2211

Centurial

Cen‐tu″ri‐al (?), a. [L. See Century.] Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon.

2212

Centuriate

Cen‐tu″ri‐ate (?), a. [L. centuriatus, p. p. of centuriare to divide (men) into centuries.] Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. Holland.

2213

Centuriate (2)

Cen‐tu″ri‐ate (?), v. t. [See century.] To divide into hundreds.

2214

Centuriator

{ Cen‐tu″ri‐a′tor (?), Cen″tu‐rist (?), } n. [Cf. F. centuriateur.] An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the “Magdeburg Centuries.” See ...