homocentric

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having the same centre.
    — Naturally, there exist three kinds of optical beams: parallel, divergent, and convergent (see Fig. 1.1.1). If a beam, either divergent or convergent, has a single point of intersection of all optical rays it is called a homocentric beam (Fig. 1.1.1b,c). An example of a non-homocentric beam is shown in Fig. 1.1.1 d.
  2. Having a homosexual bias or basis.
    — With this year's onslaught of homocentric networks, queer television programs for 2005 literally run the entire gay gamut.
  3. Focused on human beings; anthropocentric.
    — Hay's main concern, in the light of an antigreen backlash, is that homocentric democracy is insufficient for the achievement of the ecocentric goals[…]

词形变化

more homocentric comparative most homocentric superlative more homocentric comparative most homocentric superlative more homocentric comparative most homocentric superlative

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词源

词源 1
From homo- + -centric.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English homo-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der.
English -centric
English homocentric
From homo- + -centric.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Italic *hemō
Latin hemō
Latin homō
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der.
English -centric
English homocentric
From Latin homō (“human”) + English -centric.
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