Definition of Paracentric curve. Meaning of Paracentric curve. Synonyms of Paracentric curve

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Definition of Paracentric curve

Paracentric curve
Paracentric Par`a*cen"tric, Paracentrical Par`a*cen"tric*al, a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. Paracentric curve (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a paracentric. Paracentric motton or velocity, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction.

Meaning of Paracentric curve from wikipedia

- which divergence begins in parapatry but is completed in allopatry. paracentric inversion A chromosomal inversion in which the inverted segment does...