pluricentric
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌplʊəɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ˌplɔːɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌplʊɹəˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ˌplʊɹəˈsɛntɹək/
Adjective[edit]
pluricentric (comparative more pluricentric, superlative most pluricentric)
- Having more than one center; multicentric.
- 1910, John George Adami with Albert George Nicholls, The Principles of Pathology, page 693:
- Tumors which appear to grow from a single focus are spoken of as unicentric. Some growths are clearly pluricentric, or multicentric.
- (linguistics) (of a language) Having several interacting codified standard forms, often corresponding to different countries.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “having several standard forms”): monocentric