[1875–80; centro- + symmetric]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, fan-tan, overdraft, pressure point, weekend
Examples of 'centrosymmetric' in a sentence
centrosymmetric
In the tetranuclear centrosymmetric complex molecule, the metal atoms exhibit two kinds of coordination modes.
Juan Chen 2013, 'Bis{μ4-N-[phenyl(pyridin-2-ylazanidyl)methyl]pyridin-2-aminido}tetrakis(tetrahydrofuran)tetralithium',Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536813031838. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The molecules in both structures are centrosymmetric.
Chen Liu, Khalil A. Abboud 2015, 'Crystal structures of μ-oxalato-bis[azido(histamine)copper(II)] and μ-oxalato-bis[(dicyanamido)(histamine)copper(II)]',Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communicationshttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989015019908. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The centrosymmetric azine molecules are not engaged in hydrogen bonding.
Hamid Khaledi, Abeer A. Alhadi, Hapipah Mohd Ali, Ward T. Robinson, Mahmood A. Abdulla 2010, '3,4,5-Trihydroxy-N′-(1H-indol-2-ylmethylidene)benzohydrazide–1H-indole-2-carbaldehydeazine–methanol (2/1/2)', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809052465. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the crystal, anions and water molecules form hydrogen-bonded centrosymmetric dimers.
Jing Liu, Long-Guan Zhu 2016, 'Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)platinum(II) bis(3-carboxybenzenesulfonate) dihydrate',IUCrDatahttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S241431461600211X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The latter lead to centrosymmetric dimers which assemble into layers in the bc plane.
Julio Zukerman-Schpector, Ignez Caracelli, Rafael Carlos Guadagnin, Hélio A. Stefani,Edward R. T. Tiekink 2011, '1-[(Z)-1-Bromo-2-(butyldichloro-λ4-tellanyl)ethenyl]cyclohex-1-ene', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811023142. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Intermolecular hydrogen bonds link two cations and two anions into a centrosymmetric cluster.
Dan Qian Xu, Hui Zheng, Zhi Yan Hu 2008, 'Diisopropylammonium 3,5,6-trichloropyridin-2-olate', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808002389. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Molecules are connected via three pairs of weak hydrogen bonds into a centrosymmetric dimer.
Liang-Wen Zheng, Yin-Rui Liu, Bao-Xiang Zhao 2011, 'Ethyl 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811025918. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This anionic framework incorporates the centrosymmetric butane-1,4-diammonium ions as counter-cations.
Masaaki Sadakiyo, Teppei Yamada, Hiroshi Kitagawa 2016, 'Poly[butane-1,4-diammonium [tri-μ-oxalato-dimanganese(II)] hexahydrate]', IUCrDatahttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2414314616016394. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The centrosymmetric properties of these newly proposed weighting coefficients are also validated.
Wanyou Li, Gang Wang, Jingtao Du 2016, 'Vibration Analysis of Conical Shells by the Improved Fourier Expansion-Based DifferentialQuadrature Method', Shock and Vibrationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9617957. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)