[1885–90; poly- + -centric]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, foregut, reactor, sensitization, zoompoly- is a combining form with the meanings “much, many” and, in chemistry, “polymeric,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix poly- include: polyandrous, polyculture, polyethylene; -centric is a combining form with the meanings “having a center or centers” of the specifiednumber or kind (polycentric), or “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element (ethnocentric; heliocentric)
Examples of 'polycentric' in a sentence
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Eventually, the long, tangled networks of empire shifted and new centres emerged in the global, polycentric web of botanical gardens.