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Exocentric — has a number of meanings.In linguistics, it refers to phrases and compound words which are not the same part of speech as their constituents.For example, in the sentence I am in the doghouse , the phrase in the doghouse is an exocentric phrase,… … Wikipedia
exocentric — ☆ exocentric [eks΄ō sen′trik ] adj. Linguis. designating or of a construction whose syntactic function is different from that of any of its constituents (Ex.: all the way in the sentence “he ran all the way”): cf. ENDOCENTRIC … English World dictionary
exocentric — /ɛksoʊˈsɛntrɪk/ (say eksoh sentrik) adjective not having the same function in a sentence as any one of its immediate constituents. In the garden is an exocentric construction, since it does not function in the same way as the noun garden. Compare …
exocentric — adjective not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents when until last Easter serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction • Ant: ↑endocentric • Topics: ↑grammar … Useful english dictionary
Exocentric environment — In the field of user interfaces, an exocentric environment refers to a virtual reality or some other immersive environment which completely encompasses the user, e.g. by placing the viewer in a room made up entirely of rear projection… … Wikipedia
exocentric angle — egzocentrinis kampas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. exocentric angle vok. exozentrischer Winkel, m rus. экзоцентрический угол, m pranc. angle exocentrique, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
exocentric — adjective Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words. See Also: endocentric … Wiktionary
exocentric — exo·centric … English syllables
exocentric — ex•o•cen•tric [[t]ˌɛk soʊˈsɛn trɪk[/t]] adj. gram. (of a grammatical construction or a compound) not having the same syntactic function in a sentence as any one of its constituents, as in the garden, which does not function the same way as the… … From formal English to slang
exocentric — a. (of a phrase) having a different grammatical function from any of its constituent words … Dictionary of difficult words
