decentre

See also: décentré and décentre

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ centre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈsɛntə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Verb

decentre (third-person singular simple present decentres, present participle decentring, simple past and past participle decentred)

1. To remove the centre from. to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits.
2. (optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
3. To displace from the centre.
   • 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 14:

     The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.

Translations

to remove the centre from

• German: das Zentrum entfernen

to displace from the centre

• German: aus dem Zentrum verlagern, nicht länger ins Zentrum setzen, dezentrieren

Anagrams

• centered, decenter