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center (n.)
1.a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
2.(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play"it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
3.the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
4.a building dedicated to a particular activity"they were raising money to build a new center for research"
5.the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher"he hit the ball to deep center"
6.mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace"a good plaza should have ..."
7.a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
8.the object upon which interest and attention focuses"his stories made him the center of the party"
9.the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience"the gist of the prosecutor's argument" "the heart and soul of the Republican Party" "the nub of the story"
10.the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
11.politically moderate persons; centrists
12.the middle of a military or naval formation"they had to reinforce the center"
13.a place where some particular activity is concentrated"they received messages from several centers"
14.a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
15.(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback"the center fumbled the handoff"
16.(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
17.(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
18.(American)the central part of a city
19.(figurative;American)a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
20.(American)(football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
21.(American)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"
center (adj.)
1.equally distant from the extremes
2.of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
center (v.)
1.direct one's attention on something"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
2.center upon"Her entire attention centered on her children" "Our day revolved around our work"
3.(American;sport)move into the center"That vase in the picture is not centered"
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Merriam Webster
CenterCen"ter (?), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. round which a circle is described, fr. � to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.
2. The middle or central portion of anything.
3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.
4. The earth. [Obs.] Shak.
5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.
6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
7. (Mech.) (a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. (b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
☞ In a lathe the live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the dead center is on the tail stock. Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object to be planed must be turned on its axis.
Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place in the line between the wings. -- Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar coördinates. See Coördinates. -- Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See Circle. -- Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee. -- Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity. -- Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardation. -- Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies. -- Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it. -- Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body. -- Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis. -- Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid.
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⇨ definición de center (Wikipedia)
center (n.)
base, bottom, centerfield, center field, center of a fire, center of attention, centre, centre of a fire, centre of attention, centre of interest, core, essence, focus, gist, heart, heart and soul, hub, inwardness, kernel, mall, marrow, meat, midpoint, nature, nerve center, nerve centre, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, plaza, shopping arcade, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall, snapper, substance, sum, wick
center (n.) (American)
central city, downtown, eye, half, halfback, half-back, heart, inner city, middle, mid-fielders, midst, centre (British), city center (American), city centre (British), town center (American), town centre (British)
center (n.) (figurative;American)
focal point, focus, heart, centre (figurative, British), hotbed (figurative), hub (figurative)
center (v.)
centre, concentrate, concentrate on, concentrate one's attention on, fix on, focus, focus on, pore, revolve about, revolve around, rivet, center on (American), centre on (British)
center (v.) (American;sport)
centre (British, sport)
Ver también
center (v.)
↘ absorption, centered, centring, concentration, engrossment, immersion ↗ centre, eye, heart, middle, midst
center (n.)
center (adj.)
≠ left, right, right wing
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center [MeSH]
suppléments Darmoni (fr)[Domaine]
center (adj.)
central[Similaire]
center (adj.)
center, centre[Dérivé]
right, right wing - left[Ant.]
center (n.) [American]
conurbation; urban area; populated area[Classe]
district; neighbourhood; quarter; neighborhood[Classe]
point tq tous les pts d'une fig. soient sym. 2 à 2 (fr)[Classe]
centre-ville (fr)[Thème]
administration[Domaine]
LandArea[Domaine]
center (n.) [figurative , American]
centre; hotbed; center; focus; focal point[ClasseHyper.]
point[Hyper.]
focalise, focalize, focus - focus - focal[Dérivé]
center (n.) [figurative , American]
partie essentielle d'une chose (fr)[Classe]
point central doué de propriétés actives (fr)[Classe]
heart; hub; centre; center[ClasseHyper.]
center (n.) [American]
football player; footballer[ClasseParExt.]
joueur de football (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
running back[Hyper.]
football, football game[Domaine]
center (n.)
position[Hyper.]
basketball team, five[membre]
center (n.)
lineman[Hyper.]
eleven, football team[membre]
center (n.)
position[Hyper.]
hockey team[membre]
center (n.)
center (n.)
ensemble de magasins (fr)[Classe]
allée, passage couvert destiné aux piétons (fr)[Classe]
lieu où l'on vend toutes sortes de choses (fr)[Classe]
commerce[Domaine]
StationaryArtifact[Domaine]
center (n.)
center (n.)
partie essentielle d'une chose (fr)[Classe]
ce qu'il y a de plus important (fr)[Classe]
tuyau d'orgue (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
problème (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
factotum[Domaine]
SubjectiveAssessmentAttribute[Domaine]
center (n.)
confection, sweet[Hyper.]
chocolate candy[Element]
center (n.)
tendance politique parlementaire (fr)[Classe]
tendance politique classée au centre (fr)[termes liés]
class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum[Hyper.]
center[Dérivé]
center (n.)
center (n.)
place, property[Hyper.]
center (n.)
point[Hyper.]
center, centre - central - center, halfway, half-way, middle, midway - central, centric, centrical[Dérivé]
center (n.) [American]
midst; center; centre; middle; heart; eye[ClasseHyper.]
partie centrale d'un objet (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
centre; hotbed; center; focus; focal point[ClasseParExt.]
point tq tous les pts d'une fig. soient sym. 2 à 2 (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
terrain de football (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
terrain de jeu : sport de ballon (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
factotum[Domaine]
between[Domaine]
area, country - point[Hyper.]
middle - central - central, centric, centrical[Dérivé]
center (n.)
center (n.)
center (n.)
center (v.) [American , sport]
frapper dans un ballon de jeu (fr)[Classe]
mettre au centre (fr)[Classe]
faire une action dans un sport de ballon (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
center (v.)
factotum[Domaine]
IntentionalPsychologicalProcess[Domaine]
cerebrate, cogitate, think[Hyper.]
assiduity, assiduousness, concentration, drive, perseverance, persistence - absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion - centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing - center, center of attention, centre, centre of attention, centre of interest[Dérivé]
rivet[Domaine]
center (v.) [American , sport]
ajuster (une pièce, un élément) (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
mettre au centre (fr)[Classe]
displace, move, rehang, shunt[Hyper.]
center, centre, eye, heart, middle, midst[GenV+comp]
center, centre, midpoint[Dérivé]
center (v.)
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