centric |
at or near the center. [2 definitions] |
centrifugal |
moving or being directed outward from a center point or axis. [3 definitions] |
centrifugal force |
a force that tends to pull a particle or body outward, away from the axis around which it rotates. (Cf. centripetal force.) |
centrifugalize |
to centrifuge. |
centrifuge |
a machine that uses centrifugal force to separate materials of different densities. [2 definitions] |
centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. [2 definitions] |
centripetal force |
a force that tends to pull a particle or body toward the axis around which it rotates. (Cf. centrifugal force.) |
centrist |
a person whose ideology lies near the center of the political spectrum; moderate. [2 definitions] |
centroid |
the arithmetic mean of all points that form the boundary of a two- or three-dimensional object. |
centrosome |
a minute protoplasmic body, near the nucleus in most animal cells, that divides in mitosis. |
centurion |
in ancient Rome, an officer in command of a company of about one hundred men. |
century |
a unit of time equal to one hundred years. [2 definitions] |
century plant |
a desert agave, once believed to flower only once in a century, with fleshy leaves and a very tall stem on which greenish flowers appear every ten to twenty years. |
CEO |
abbreviation of "chief executive officer." |
-cephalic |
having (such) a type of head or number of heads; -cephalous. |
cephalic |
of or relating to the head. [2 definitions] |
cephalic index |
the ratio of the greatest width of a human head to its greatest length, multiplied by one hundred; cranial index. |
cephalo- |
head or skull. |
cephalopod |
any of various marine mollusks, such as the octopus or squid, that have highly developed eyes, and tentacles attached to the head around the mouth. |
cephalosporin |
any of a group of antibiotics originally isolated from fungi of the genus Acremonium (formerly known as Cephalosporium) used to treat bacterial infections. |
cephalothorax |
the fused unit of head and thorax in certain arachnids and crustaceans. |