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Verb
/ˈsentər/,
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centers, plural; centres, plural;
  1. Have (something) as a major concern or theme
    • - the case centers around the couple's adopted children
    • - the plot centers on two young men
  2. Cause an argument or discussion to focus on (a specified issue)
    • - he is centering his discussion on an analysis of patterns of mortality
  3. (of an activity) Occur mainly in or around (a specified place)
    • - the mercantile association was centered in northern Germany
  4. Place in the middle
    • - to center the needle, turn the knob
  5. Pass the ball back from the ground to another player to begin a down; snap

Noun
  1. The middle point of a circle or sphere, equidistant from every point on the circumference or surface

  2. A point or part that is equally distant from all sides, ends, or surfaces of something; the middle
    • - the center of the ceiling
    • - the center of a vast territory
  3. A pivot or axis of rotation
    • - the galactic rotation of the solar system around the galactic center
  4. A political party or group holding moderate opinions

  5. The middle player in a line or group in many games
    • - Terry played center on the basketball team
  6. A core, such as the filling in a piece of chocolate
    • - truffles with liqueur centers
  7. A conical adjustable support for a workpiece in a lathe or similar machine

  8. A place or group of buildings where a specified activity is concentrated
    • - a center for medical research
    • - a shopping center
  9. A point at which an activity or quality is at its most intense and from which it spreads
    • - the city was a center of discontent
  10. The point on which an activity or process is focused
    • - two issues at the center of the health-care debate
  11. The most important place in the respect specified
    • - Geneva was then the center of the international world
  1. center(a): equally distant from the extremes
  2. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
  3. focus on: center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
  4. center field: the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center"
  5. concentrate: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  6. of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
  7. The term center or centre is used in various contexts in abstract algebra to denote the set of all those elements that commute with all other elements. It is often denoted Z, from German , meaning "center". ...
  8. Center (C) is a position in American football and Canadian football (spelled centre in Canadian English). The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense. ...
  9. The center, colloquially known as the five or the pivot, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. A typical NBA center is 6'9" or taller.
  10. This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
  11. Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country, around the Loire Valley. Its capital is Orléans, although its largest city is Tours.
  12. In geometry, the centre (or center) of an object is a point in some sense in the middle of the object. If geometry is regarded as the study of isometry groups then the centre is a fixed point of the isometries.
  13. The point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. [from 14th c. ...
  14. (centered) pertaining to the location that is middle-most to
  15. (Centered) A spin that that stays in one spot on the ice. The opposite of traveling.
  16. (Centered) All lines of type are set upon a central axis.
  17. (Centered) Centering a block of type, line or character within a line measure.
  18. (Centered) Text placed at an equal distance from the left and right margins of either the entire page or the imaginary bounding box containing the text.
  19. (Centered) Text set so as to distribute residual space on the line equally to the right and left.
  20. If the centered flag input parameter is true, the PWM channel is configured to be center aligned; see PWMCenterAligned().  If the centered flag is false (the default after a hardware reset), the PWM channel is configured to be left-aligned; see PWMLeftAligned(). ...
  21. (Centering) The relative position of the design of a stamp in relation to its margins. Assuming that a stamp is undamaged, centering is generally a very important factor in determining condition and value.
  22. (Centering) Grounding your energy through meditation, often before rituals to help harness and direct the balanced energy.
  23. (centering) falsework used in the construction of arches, shells, space structures, or any continuous structure where the entire falsework is lowered (struck or decentered) as a unit.  (See also falsework and formwork.)
  24. (CENTERING) Critical step in throwing, occurring during and after wheel wedging, whereby the clay mass is formed into a symmetrical lump before penetrating and raising walls.
  25. (CENTERING) The act of aligning the clay on the potter's wheel in order to proceed with forming and shaping.