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Meaning of "off-centre" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFF-CENTRE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFF-CENTRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Off-Centre is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OFF-CENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of off-centre in the English dictionary

The definition of off-centre in the dictionary is displaced from a centre point or axis. Other definition of off-centre is slightly eccentric or unconventional; not completely sound or balanced.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFF-CENTRE

off-air
off-balance sheet reserve
off-beam
off-Broadway
off-camera
off-campus
off-chance
off-color
off-colour
off-duty
off-glide
off-grid
off-guard
off-key
off-licence
off-limits
off-load
off-message
off-off-Broadway
off-peak

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFF-CENTRE

business centre
call centre
centre
city centre
community centre
concentre
conference centre
convention centre
drop-in centre
fitness centre
garden centre
health centre
information centre
rencontre
resource centre
right-of-centre
service centre
shopping centre
the Centre
town centre
training centre

Synonyms and antonyms of off-centre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «off-centre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFF-CENTRE

Find out the translation of off-centre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of off-centre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «off-centre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偏离中心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuera del centro
570 millions of speakers

English

off-centre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंद केंद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خارج المركز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вне центра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

descentrado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ-কেন্দ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désaxé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luar pusat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht in der Mitte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中心を外れた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 센터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati-tengah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

off- trung tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆஃப் சென்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफ-सेंटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

merkez dışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fuori centro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poza centrum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поза центром
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

descentrat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράκεντρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

off- sentrum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

excentriskt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

off- center
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of off-centre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF-CENTRE»

The term «off-centre» is regularly used and occupies the 106.563 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF-CENTRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about off-centre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF-CENTRE»

Discover the use of off-centre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to off-centre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Off-Centre: Feminism and Cultural Studies
This indispensible collection brings together feminist theory and cultural studies, looking at issues such as pop culture and the media, science and technology, and Thatcherism and the Enterprise Culture.
MS Sarah Franklin, Dr Celia Lury, Jackie Stacey, 1991
2
Off Centre
It's just one of the unpredictably imaginative tales in this fascinating collection by a modern master of science fiction.
Damon Knight, 2011
3
Off-centre stages: fringe theatre at the Open Space and the ...
Relating the histories of two important London fringe theaters—the Round House and the Open Space—with the use of rare archives, this text offers a detailed look at these pioneering companies and answers key questions about performance ...
Jinnie Schiele, 2005
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The Jahn-Teller Effect: Fundamentals and Implications for ...
However, only three other systems have shown any indication of off-centre behaviour, LiC-doped NaCl, RbCl and KBr lattices (Table 1). Considering the case of KBr:LiC, early paraelectric cooling [154], infrared (IR) absorption [155] and ...
Horst Köppel, David R. Yarkony, Heinz Barentzen, 2009
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Retailing: The environments for retailing
The extent and nature of off-centre retailing as at 1996 is shown in Table 9. At that time, Bordeaux was clearly the most affected by off-centre development, including one regional centre and four intermediate centres (using the definitions in ...
A. M. Findlay, Leigh Sparks, 2002
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Visual Neuroscience
Similarly, OFF-centre beta cells receive input from a complementary pair of bipolar cells branching in sublamina a. (After Sterling (1983) and Kolb & Nelson ( 1984).) INL Q CBbl CBb2lCBa1 CBa2 IPL a A -FT1 IPLb ml GCL P ON Beta OFF Beta ...
John Douglas Pettigrew, Kenneth James Sanderson, William Russell Levick, 1986
7
Skating
In all the centre changes the change of edge is effected on the near side of the centre, and in all the off centre changes on the far side. Once back and fonvard, off centre change (fig. 141); once back and fonvard, and inside fonvard, off centre  ...
J.M. Heathcote & C.G. Tebbutt, 1892
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Skating... Figure-skating...
In all the centre changes the change of edge is effected on the near side of the centre, and in all the off centre changes on the far side. Once back and forward, off centre change (fig. 141) ; once back and forward, and inside forward, off centre ...
John Moyer Heathcote, 1892
9
Physiology of the Eye
Transient (i) On-centre (ii) Off-centre 2. Sustained (i) On-centre (ii) Off-centre B. Sluggish 1. Sustaineda (i) On-centre (ii) Off-centre 2. Transienta (i) On-centre (ii) Off—centre Not concentrically organized . Local edge detector . Direction selective ...
Hugh Davson, 2012
10
Understanding Medical Physiology: A Textbook for Medical ...
In contrast, the off-centre bipolar cells show hyperpolarization if the stimulus lies in the centre of the RF, and hypopolarization if the stimulus is in the periphery of the RF. The phenomenon of opposite type of responses to stimuli in the centre or  ...
R. L. Bijlani, S. Manjunatha, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFF-CENTRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term off-centre is used in the context of the following news items.
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Galactic BIRTH: ALMA peers THIRTEEN BEELLLION years into …
Ferrara and his colleagues theorise that the carbon glow is/was off-centre due to something pretty violent going on in the middle of BDF3299 ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
Fragments of 40000 year old female 'Venus' carving found
In place of a head, it has a carefully carved ring which was carved in an off-centre position just above the shoulders. Archaeologists believe this ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
3
Everything is Happening: Journey into a Painting by Michael Jacobs …
... alongside the Infanta Margarita, ladies-in-waiting, dwarves, a mastiff – and a puzzling off-centre reflection of the King and Queen in a mirror. «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
2015 Chrysler 300C review | first drive
The sloppy off-centre response of the old hydraulic steering is gone, the car feels more grounded, and it is far less prone to crashing on joins or ... «Cars Guide, Jul 15»
5
Vodafone Tab Prime 6 review
The front camera is equally poor and won't provide a crisp image for video calling plus is positioned off-centre which doesn't help matters. «PC Advisor, Jul 15»
6
Ping GMax iron Vs Ping G30 iron
Specifically, it should offer golfers a higher ball flight and a few extra yards as well as more forgiveness on off-centre hits – all performance traits ... «Golf Monthly, Jul 15»
7
Pluto, 4.5 billion years old, is behaving like a planetary pup
Whereas the other eight planets orbit in nearly concentric circles, Pluto loops through space following an off-centre ellipse. But the breaking ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
8
Revealed: The new Mizuno MP-5 Iron
... hitting area to deliver blade like feel whilst also positioning weight in areas of the club to influence stability and performance on off-centre hits. «Today's Golfer, Jul 15»
9
BMW M4: PH Fleet
... the variable gearing of the rack meaning it's deliberately slower off-centre. M Division has worked hard on the feel of the system though, fitting ... «Pistonheads.com, Jul 15»
10
'I always take props home from my sets', reveals Aidan Gillen
"My father could be quite shy but didn't shy away off-centre folks. There was a fella that lived in the trees in the Bishop's Palace in Drumcondra ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Off-Centre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/off-centre>. May 2024 ».
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