Centrosphere
Cell Biology. the protoplasm around a centrosome; the central portion of an aster, containing the centrosome.
Geology. the central or interior portion of the earth.
Historical Examples
noun
a former name for core (sense 4)
another name for centrosome
centrosphere cen·tro·sphere (sěn’trə-sfēr’)
n.
The mass of cytoplasm surrounding the centriole in a centrosome.
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symmetric in relation to a center.
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noun the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
- Centre of curvature
noun the point on the normal at a given point on a curve on the concave side of the curve whose distance from the point on the curve is equal to the radius of curvature
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of or relating to a marketing device, as a coupon, that entitles a buyer to a specified amount off the regular price.
- Centum
one hundred. belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that show a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds (k) or [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes. The centum branches are Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and […]