Meaning of center | Babel Free

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1. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
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2. A surname.
3. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
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4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A statutory town in Rio Grande County and Saguache County, Colorado.
6. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
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7. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Georgia.
8. center, moderate tendencies or ideas
9. The innermost point of the Earth, or the Earth itself, as the center or foundation of the Universe; the center or foundation of the Universe abstractly.
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10. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Indiana.
11. middle
12. The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
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13. An unincorporated community in Jay County, Indiana.
14. core, heart
15. The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
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16. An unincorporated community in Warrick County, Indiana.
17. A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
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18. An unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky.
19. A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
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20. A small city and town in Missouri.
21. A village, the county seat of Knox County, Nebraska.
22. The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
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23. A small city, the county seat of Oliver County, North Dakota.
24. The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
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25. A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Texas.
26. A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
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27. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington.
28. A player in the middle of a playing area.
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29. The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
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30. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
31. The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
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32. The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
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33. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
34. A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
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35. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Center Township.
36. A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
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37. One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
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38. A certain mechanical implement functioning in the middle of a whole apparatus
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39. A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
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40. One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
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41. 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.
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42. The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
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43. The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
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Examples

“If a point be taken within a circle, and more than two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, the point taken is the centre of the circle.”

“Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.”

“[...] their portion set As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'n As from the Center thrice to th'utmost Pole.”

“Leo. No: if I mistake In those Foundations which I build upon, The Centre is not bigge enough to beare A Schoole-Boyes Top.”

“The centroid is one of the centres of a triangle”

“There are several centers of a triangle such as its circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter and centroid.”

“shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center”

“In Anatolia tensions between state officials (ehl-i örf) and the peasants were strained to breaking point. At several places—particularly in the frontier provinces—there were fierce clashes between the janissaries stationed there and the governors. In Aleppo and Damascus incidents were common after 1589: the kuls threw rocks at the beylerbeyi’s house, killed people, broke into the divan several times and took the money prepared by the council for remittance to the centre.”

“the center of the controversy”

“the center of attention”

“Bent twice sent efforts wide of the far post after cutting in from the left, Wellbeck missed his kick from an inviting centre and failed to get on the end of a looping pass when six yards out.”

“Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.”

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