zenocentric, adj.

zenocentric
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# zenocentricadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zenocentric mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zenocentric. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zenocentric?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1940 | 0.0006
1950 | 0.0005
1960 | 0.0004
1970 | 0.0004
1980 | 0.0003
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.00008

### How is the adjective zenocentric pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌziːnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/
zee-noh-SEN-trick

#### U.S. English

/ˌzinoʊˈsɛntrɪk/
zee-noh-SEN-trick
/ˌzinəˈsɛntrɪk/
zee-nuh-SEN-trick

### Where does the adjective zenocentric come from?

Earliest known use

1910s

The earliest known use of the adjective zenocentric is in the 1910s.

OED's earliest evidence for zenocentric is from 1911, in Mem. Brit. Astron. Association.

### Nearby entries

1. zenith tube, n. 1825–
2. zenithward, n., adv., & adj. 1655–
3. zenithwards, adv. 1826–
4. Zenker, n.¹ 1872–
5. Zenker, n.² 1894–
6. Zen-like, adj. a1908–
7. Zen master, n. 1907–
8. Zenned-out, adj. 1968–
9. Zennist, adj. & n. 1904–
10. zeno-, comb. form
11. zenocentric, adj.1911–
12. Zenocratically, adv. 1588
13. zenographic, adj. 1853–
14. zenographical, adj. 1853–
15. zenography, n. 1890–
16. Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹ 1654–
17. Zenonian, adj.² 1756–
18. Zenonian, adj.³ & n.² 1837–
19. Zenonic, adj.¹ 1779–
20. Zenonic, adj.² 1827–
21. Zenonism, n.¹ 1789–

## Meaning & use

Astronomy.

1. 1911–
   Measured or expressed with reference to the centre of Jupiter.
   1. 1911

      > The latitudes appear at first sight discordant, but this is due to the different methods of reduction employed, Mr. Bolton's being reduced by a graphical method to zenocentric..latitude.

      Mem. Brit. Astron. Association vol. 17 iii. 46
   2. 1968

      > For each year the study has reconfirmed that there are two zenocentric intervals of Io's position in which we observe this influence.

      Dissertation Abstracts B. vol. 29 858/1
   3. 2003

      > The zenocentric declination of the Earth at the time was ~2.45°.

      Icarus vol. 163 429/1
   astronomy
   1. zenocentric 1911–
      Measured or expressed with reference to the centre of Jupiter.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌziːnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/
zee-noh-SEN-trick

### U.S. English

/ˌzinoʊˈsɛntrɪk/
zee-noh-SEN-trick
/ˌzinəˈsɛntrɪk/
zee-nuh-SEN-trick

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zenocentric typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zenocentric is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zenocentric, adj., 1940–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
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1940 | 0.0006
1950 | 0.0005
1960 | 0.0004
1970 | 0.0004
1980 | 0.0003
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.00008

Originally published as part of the entry for zeno-, comb. form

zeno-, comb. form was revised in June 2018.