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METACENTRIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere

Example:

a metacentric chromosome

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

centromere (a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the metacenter

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

ship building; shipbuilding (the construction of ships)

Pertainym:

metacenter ((shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship)

Derivation:

metacenter ((shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship)

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