multicentremulticenteradj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈsɛntə/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈsɛn(t)ər/; see also multi- comb. form. 1. Having or involving several or many centres; multicentred.
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1951 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 243 222 Multi-centre integrals, involving three or four centres of force, have hitherto been considered to be intractable.
1963 Amer. Econ. Rev. 53 432 The case for guarantees is obviously much stronger under a multi-center system.
1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xi. 403 Metals and metal-like hydrides are similarly electron-deficient... The electrons are thought to be in molecular orbitals embracing all the atoms in the structure, i.e. multi-centre rather than two-centre orbitals.
1990 Environment & Planning A. 22 369 How the utility level of a resident, the profits of a firm, personal income, city size, and the area for each activity vary in the setting of a multicenter city.
1996 Physical Rev. Lett. 77 3347 The interaction of intense laser fields..with atomic and multicenter molecular clusters.
2. Medicine. Of a study or trial: involving several or many medical centres or institutions.
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1960 Ann. Rheumatic Dis. 19 95 (title) Gold therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Report of a multi-centre controlled trial.
1973 Lancet 5 May 981/1 It is usual these days for pill-associated morbidity to be recalculated in terms of incidents per 100,000 women at risk per annum, but this would seem to be a difficult exercise for a multicentre study.
1990 Internat. Jrnl. Epidemiol. 19 882/1 The study population consisted of 12 866 men aged 35–57 years enrolled in..a multicentre randomized primary prevention clinical trial.
2001 Israel Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 3 497 (title) Lower urinary tract symptoms in primary care—a multicenter community-based study in Israel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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