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polycentric, a.|pɒlɪˈsɛntrɪk|
[f. poly- 1 + -centric.]
= multicentric adj. s.v. multi- 1 a; in Politics, characterized by polycentrism. Also as n., a polycentric chromosome or chromatid.
1887H. M. Ward in Nature 27 Jan. 301/2 As soon as the sapvacuoles appear, in many cases making the cell not monocentric but polycentric. 1909Q. Rev. Apr. 499 The Messina earthquake belongs to the class known in Italy as that of ‘polycentric’ earthquakes. 1945M. J. D. White Animal Cytol. & Evol. iv. 57 The example of Ascaris megalocephala shows us that in some other organisms polycentric chromosomes can exist in nature. 1953Heredity VI. Suppl. 73 The occurrence of high polycentrics such as C3, C4, C5 and rarely even C6..with a high frequency after treatment at meiosis shows..that reunion is not low. 1956tr. Togliatti's Probl. Devel. Socialist Democracy 12/2 The advance towards socialism is an objective for which there is a concentration of forces from different movements... The whole system is becoming polycentric, and even in the Communist movement we cannot speak of a single guide. 1965N.Y. Times 18 Jan. 34 After the success of Tito's revolt against Moscow Togliatti conceived of ‘polycentric’ Communism. This means adjusting party methods in each country to national traditions and requirements. 1965Economist 3 Apr. 43/2 The reality of an increasingly ‘polycentric’ world, marked by the growing self-assertion of the middle and smaller states. 1967G. Steiner Lang. & Silence 80 African English, Australian English..represent a complicated, polycentric field of linguistic force. 1968R. Rieger et al. Gloss. Genetics & Cytogenetics 351 Polycentrics are in most cases the result of chromosome mutations. 1971Physics Bull. Jan. 16/2 There are several nuclei so that orbitals are not monocentric but polycentric. 1976T. Eagleton Crit. & Ideology v. 164 Literature is multiple and polycentric, saturating the very textures of our social life.
Hence ˌpolycenˈtricity, the fact of being polycentric.
1959[see hologenesis]. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 897/2 The year 1963 was also one in which polycentricity became a conspicuous feature of international relations. |