metacentric
adjective, noun
metacentric is spelled M-E-T-A-C-E-N-T-R-I-C: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, metacentric means “Of or pertaining to a metacenter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in metacentric?
| Letters | 11: M-E-T-A-C-E-N-T-R-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is metacentric?
Metacentric appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of metacentric
- metacentrics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metacentric mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to a metacenter.
- 2
Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.
noun
- 1
A metacentric chromosome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does metacentric come from?
From meta- + -centric.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).