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Definition: Center |
CenterAdjective1. Equally distant from the extremes. 2. Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually. Noun1. 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". 2. The piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center". 3. A building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research". 4. A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. 5. 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". 6. The object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party". 7. A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere". 8. The middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center". 9. (basketball) the person who plays center. 10. : (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff". 11. : a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers". 12. : politically moderate persons; centrists. 13. : (ice hockey) the person who plays center. 14. : mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls". 15. : the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game. 16. : 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". 17. : a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game. Verb1. Center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work". 2. Focus one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies". 3. Move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "center" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Note: Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ intransitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Centeredor Centred; Centeringor Centring.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | To locate a piece so that its centre or axis coincides with a given point or straight line. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A hole made at either end of a workpiece to facilitate its mounting between centres. The hole is generally a centre bore, but sometimes it is merely a punch mark. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A temporary timber framework upon which the masonry of an arch of reinforced masonry lintel is supported until it becomes self-supporting.See also:centers. (references) |
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Center (American English), also spelt Centre (in British English and Hiberno-English) has a number of meanings.
See also Center of gravity, central
- In geometry, a point that is well-distant from the boundaries of a figure. For instance, for a circle, the center is defined as the point equidistant from all points on the circle's boundary. Similar definitions can be made for other shapes in various geometries, though for arbitrary complex shapes there may be several definitions considered appropriate in some circumstances.
- The standard name given to a position on the field in several sports, such as American football, basketball, netball, amongst others.
- The center of power in a country is the capital.
- Centre is a low-lying region of France in the centre of the country.
- Center is also the name of two towns in Wisconsin.
- Cities often are said to have a center; it is also called "downtown".
- In abstract algebra, the center of a group is the subgroup consisting of those elements which commute with all other elements. Similar definitions of center apply to other algebraic structures, for example, center (algebra).
- In politics, the center is the middle ground between the left wing and the right wing. (See also Centre Party.)
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The term center is used in various contexts in abstract algebra to denote the set of all those elements that commute with all other elements. More specifically:
- The center of a ring R is the subset of R consisting of all those elements x of R such that xr = rx for all r in R. The center is a commutative subring of R, so R is an associative algebra over its center.
- The center of an algebra A consists of all those elements x of A such that xa = ax for all a in A.
- The center of a Lie algebra L consists of all those elements x in L such that [x,a] = 0 for all a in L. This is an ideal of the Lie algebra L.
- The center of a group G consists of all those elements x in G such that xg = gx for all g in G. This is a normal subgroup of G. See center of a group for more information.
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In abstract algebra, the center (or centre) of a group G is the set, usually denoted Z(G), which includes each element z of G which commutes with all elements of G. In other words, z is in Z(G) if and only if, for each g in G, gz = zg.Z(G) is a subgroup of G: in fact, if x and y are in Z(G), then for each g in G
so xy is in Z(G) as well; and a similar argument applies to inverses.
- (xy)g = x(yg) = x(gy) = (xg)y = (gx)y = g(xy)
Moreover, Z(G) is an abelian subgroup of G, and a normal subgroup of G, and even a characteristic subgroup of it.
See also center (algebra).
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Center is a town located in Rio Grande County, Colorado. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,392.Geography
Center is located at 37°45'10" North, 106°6'38" West (37.752862, -106.110483)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.2 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,392 people, 768 households, and 603 families residing in the town. The population density is 1,099.5/km² (2,854.3/mi²). There are 848 housing units at an average density of 389.8/km² (1,011.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 46.70% White, 0.21% African American, 2.84% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 47.78% from other races, and 2.22% from two or more races. 86.08% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 768 households out of which 47.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% are married couples living together, 17.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% are non-families. 18.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.11 and the average family size is 3.56. In the town the population is spread out with 35.2% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $23,780, and the median income for a family is $26,143. Males have a median income of $20,844 versus $18,036 for females. The per capita income for the town is $9,289. 27.5% of the population and 27.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 31.6% are under the age of 18 and 22.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Center, Colorado."
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Center is a city located in Ralls County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 644.Geography
Center is located at 39°30'33" North, 91°31'43" West (39.509267, -91.528566)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 644 people, 251 households, and 161 families residing in the city. The population density is 621.6/km² (1,621.4/mi²). There are 309 housing units at an average density of 298.3/km² (778.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.91% White, 0.16% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. 0.93% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 251 households out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% are married couples living together, 12.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% are non-families. 29.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 2.94. In the city the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $21,964, and the median income for a family is $27,125. Males have a median income of $26,944 versus $17,955 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,598. 26.4% of the population and 24.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 36.4% are under the age of 18 and 31.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Center, Missouri."
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Center is a village located in Knox County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 90. It is the county seat of Knox County6.Geography
Center is located at 42°36'32" North, 97°52'34" West (42.608910, -97.876224)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²). 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 90 people, 43 households, and 23 families residing in the village. The population density is 315.9/km² (840.0/mi²). There are 49 housing units at an average density of 172.0/km² (457.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 95.56% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 4.44% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 8.89% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 43 households out of which 23.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 44.2% are non-families. 41.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 25.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.09 and the average family size is 2.92. In the village the population is spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 25.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.1 males. The median income for a household in the village is $24,643, and the median income for a family is $31,500. Males have a median income of $26,250 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the village is $12,277. 6.5% of the population and 6.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 20.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Center, Nebraska."
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Center is a city located in Oliver County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 678. It is the county seat of Oliver County6.Geography
Center is located at 47°6'54" North, 101°18'1" West (47.114928, -101.300361)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 678 people, 279 households, and 196 families residing in the city. The population density is 671.2/km² (1,743.8/mi²). There are 310 housing units at an average density of 306.9/km² (797.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.81% White, 0.44% African American, 3.39% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 2.36% from two or more races. 0.59% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 279 households out of which 33.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.0% are married couples living together, 5.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% are non-families. 26.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.43 and the average family size is 2.93. In the city the population is spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 33.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $41,406, and the median income for a family is $57,045. Males have a median income of $54,750 versus $18,393 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,043. 7.6% of the population and 2.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.9% are under the age of 18 and 17.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Center, North Dakota."
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Center is a town located in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,163.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.4 km² (35.7 mi²). 92.4 km² (35.7 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 3,163 people, 1,095 households, and 913 families residing in the town. The population density is 34.2/km² (88.7/mi²). There are 1,105 housing units at an average density of 12.0/km² (31.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.89% White, 0.09% African American, 0.54% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.03% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,095 households out of which 38.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.4% are married couples living together, 3.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% are non-families. 13.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.89 and the average family size is 3.19. In the town the population is spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 109.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 108.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $58,092, and the median income for a family is $61,152. Males have a median income of $41,140 versus $26,080 for females. The per capita income for the town is $23,553. 0.4% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin."
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Center is a town located in Rock County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,005.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.3 km² (35.6 mi²). 92.2 km² (35.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,005 people, 374 households, and 292 families residing in the town. The population density is 10.9/km² (28.2/mi²). There are 384 housing units at an average density of 4.2/km² (10.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.91% White, 0.10% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. 0.30% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 374 households out of which 35.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% are married couples living together, 4.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% are non-families. 16.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.04. In the town the population is spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 107.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $59,479, and the median income for a family is $63,750. Males have a median income of $38,906 versus $26,905 for females. The per capita income for the town is $23,982. 1.5% of the population and 0.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 1.6% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Center, Rock County, Wisconsin."
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Center is a city located in Shelby County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,678. It is the county seat of Shelby County6.Geography
Center is located at 31°47'37" North, 94°10'42" West (31.793705, -94.178463)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.2 km² (6.2 mi²). 16.1 km² (6.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.16% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 5,678 people, 2,034 households, and 1,334 families residing in the city. The population density is 351.9/km² (911.0/mi²). There are 2,290 housing units at an average density of 141.9/km² (367.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 51.14% White, 34.22% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 10.95% from other races, and 2.99% from two or more races. 18.05% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,034 households out of which 32.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% are married couples living together, 20.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% are non-families. 30.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.61 and the average family size is 3.23. In the city the population is spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $26,061, and the median income for a family is $31,699. Males have a median income of $23,468 versus $19,441 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,233. 23.7% of the population and 19.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 31.5% are under the age of 18 and 14.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Center, Texas."
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Center is the name of two places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:
- Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
- Center, Rock County, Wisconsin
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The Galactic Center is the rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy. It is located at a distance of about 8 kiloparsecss in the brightest part of the Milky Way, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.Because of cool interstellar dust along the line of sight, the Galactic Center cannot be studied at visible, ultraviolet or soft X-ray wavelengths. The available information about the Galactic Center comes from observations at gamma ray, hard X-ray, infrared, sub-millimetre and radio wavelengths.
The complex radio source Sagittarius A apppears to be located almost exactly at the Galactic Center, and contains an intense compact radio source, Sagittarius A*, which many astronomers believe may be a black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CEDEFOP | Danish | Det Europæiske Center for Udvikling af Erhvervsuddannelse | Business, Economics |
| CE | English | Center of Excellence | Engineering & Technology |
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Synonyms: CenterSynonyms: center(a) (adj), halfway (adj), middle(a) (adj), midway (adj), center of attention (n), centerfield (n), centre (n), core (n), essence (n), eye (n), gist (n), heart (n), heart and soul (n), inwardness (n), kernel (n), mall (n), marrow (n), meat (n), middle (n), midpoint (n), nerve center (n), nerve centre (n), nitty-gritty (n), nub (n), pith (n), plaza (n), shopping center (n), shopping mall (n), snapper (n), substance (n), sum (n), center on (v), concentrate (v), concentrate on (v), focus (v), focus on (v), pore (v), revolve about (v), revolve around (v), rivet (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: left (adj), right (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Toss about, jump about; jump like a parched pea; shake like an aspen leaf; shake to its center, shake to its foundations; be the sport of the winds and waves; reel to and fro like a drunken man; move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard. |
Assemblage | Verb: assemble, collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble. |
Centrality | Noun: centrality, centricalness, center; middle; focus. |
Center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy; metacenter. | |
Convergence | Verb: converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with; close with, close in upon; center round, center in; enter in; pour in. |
Director | Head, head man, head center, boss; principal, president, speaker; chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson; captain; (master); superior; mayor; (civil authority); vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch. |
Disrepute | Upset, throw off one's center; discompose, disconcert; put to the blush; (humble). |
Existence | Center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. |
Focus | Noun: focus; point of convergence; corradiation; center; gathering place, resort haunt retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot; (store); trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue. |
Mart | Tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer. |
Middle | Noun: middle, midst, mediety, mean; medium, middle term; center; mid-course; mezzo termine; juste milieu; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos; nucleus, nucleolus. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | To the forward command center take me (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) I was the warm little center that the life of this world crowded around (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil who is standing center stage advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) So you're tunnelling to the center of the earth (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) George, can we pool our brainspaces in a center of excellence (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) | |
Lyrics | Second; the ball is bobbled out in center, and here comes the (Paradise By The Dashboard Light; performing artist: Meat Loaf) To be the center of all things (I BELIEVE IN LOVE; performing artist: Paula Cole) Deep within the bowels of the UCLA research center, that not only (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus) Hear the screams of Center 42 (UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT; performing artist: Rolling Stones) Center of a crowd, talking much too loud (19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN; performing artist: The Rolling Stones) | |
Clever | People want the front of the bus, back of the church, and center of attention. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | City Center and Pedestrians (1974) Erotic Center (1971) Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (1971) Eros Center Hamburg (1969) Medical Center (1969) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This shows the south entrance of the Clinical Center circa 1982 when the main entrance faced south. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | 1960's view of building of the Detroit Institute for Cancer Research which was the precursor of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Metropolitan Detroit. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Marked germinal center hyperplasia and nodular paracortical hyperplasia are seen in this low-power view. Credit: CDC. |  | High-power view shows hyperplastic germinal center with attenuated mantle zone (left) and hyperplastic paracortical region (right). Credit: CDC. |
 | "Paul Trap" (movie) by Thomas Leisner. The droplet in the center is oscillating. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B. |  | Three ER-2 Aircraft in flight formation over Ames Research Center. Credit: NASA. |
 | Endeavour is Delivered to the Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA. |  | Shuttle Atlantis returning to Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA. |
 | Streaming out from the center of the galaxy M87 like a cosmic searchlight is one of nature's ... Credit: NASA. |  | In this view of the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, the Hubble ... Credit: NASA. |
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| "Stockholm Center" by Jason Wain Commentary: "Plaza in the center of Gamla Stan, Stockholm's Old Town." | "Hoi Ha Research Center" by Kenneth Wu Commentary: "Hoi Ha Research Center - Open Soon." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Baltasar Gracian | One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. |
Confucius | I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being. |
George Eliot | A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other. |
Marilyn Von Savant | Skill is successfully walking a tight rope strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Intelligence is not trying. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | O my brothers, God exists. There is a soul at the center of nature and over the will of every man, so that none of us can wrong the universe. |
Victor Hugo | Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. |
Voltaire | God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | However, in a great number of countries, far from the Russian frontiers and throughout the world, Communist fifth columns are established and work in complete unity and absolute obedience to the directions they receive from the Communist center. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Three other men sat on the ground, and in the center of the tent a lantern burned |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You don't have to travel to a center. (references) | |
National Center for Health Statistics. (references) | ||
You must travel to the center for treatment. (references) | ||
Business | Komatsu also operates a warehouse and a service center. (references) | |
Call center services are expected to experience considerable growth. (references) | ||
In 1998, the call center market in France totaled $616 M (6FRF=1USD). (references) | ||
Children | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | A separate, small rehabilitation center treats about five persons daily. (references) |
Hong Kong | One youth died in April 2000 during an attempted escape from a detention center. (references) | |
Czech Republic | A Children's Crisis Center was established in 1995 and is 70 percent state supported. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Ukraine | In June a small refugee reception center was opened in Odesa. (references) |
Australia | In April a detention center guard pled guilty to abusing a detainee. (references) | |
Nauru | The country has accommodated asylum seekers as a processing center for Australia. (references) | |
Economic History | Gabon | The coast became a center of the slave trade. (references) |
Vietnam | Shopping center developments are mushrooming. (references) | |
Luxembourg | It is located five miles from the city center. (references) | |
Human Rights | Gambia | Those who sustained injuries were evacuated to the Basse Health Center. (references) |
Liberia | Similar conditions exist in the Barclay Training Center military stockade. (references) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Children between the ages of 15 and 19 are held at the Youth Training Center. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Japan | In February several nongovernmental groups, including the Ainu Association of Hokkaido and the Citizens' Diplomatic Center for the Rights of Indigenous People, protested the Government's failure to note continuing social and economic discrimination faced by the Ainu in its 2000 report to the CERD. (references) |
Mexico | In an April 2000 report "The War in Chiapas," CDHFBC asserted that the military was the principal aggressor in cases reported to the Center in 1999. The CDHFBC also concluded that the presence of the military put at risk the human rights to life, physical integrity, liberty, and security of the local inhabitants. (references) | |
Nicaragua | Based on 1998 information from the Center for Investigation and Documentation of the Atlantic Coast and other sources, the 4 major identifiable tribes are the Miskito (with approximately 100,000 members), the Sumo (10,000), the Garifuna (3,000), and the Rama (1,000). In an effort to encourage indigenous participation in Atlantic coast regional elections held in 1998, the CSE distributed electoral and civic education materials in four languages, including Miskito and Sumo. (references) | |
Minorities | Macedonia | Their main concerns center on the lack of Turkish-language education and media. (references) |
Croatia | A series of harsh anonymous telephone calls to the Center ceased after police began an investigation. (references) | |
Italy | Most of these Roma live in the center and south, in conditions indistinguishable from those of other Italians. (references) | |
Political Economy | Austria | Its center of strength is rural Austria. (references) |
Argentina | In practice, however, Argentina's federal system is dominated by the center. (references) | |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | The Dominican Export Promotion Center and the Customs Service manage this legislation. (references) | |
Political Rights | Dominican Republic | Opposition groups of the left, right, and center operate openly. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | The remainder were mainly from the center, the east, and the south (Baoule, Agni, Attie, Ebrie, and Abbey). (references) | |
Russia | The Duma has a strong pro-Presidential center that puts majority support within reach for almost all Presidential priorities. (references) | |
Trade | Slovak Rep | It is called the Slovak National Clearing Center. (references) |
Singapore | It is a leading world foreign exchange trading center and trader in derivatives. (references) | |
Singapore | Firms seeking such assistance should contact the nearest Export Assistance Center. (references) | |
Travel | Qatar | Doha, the capital, is also Qatar's commercial, marketing and banking center. (references) |
Georgia | A taxicab ride from the airport to the center of Tbilisi should cost USD 10-20. (references) | |
Denmark | The port of Esbjerg is the center for off-shore oil and gas activities in Denmark. (references) | |
Women | Ireland | In 2000 the center received 8,150 calls. (references) |
Pakistan | During 2000 the crisis center served 75 women. (references) | |
Cambodia | A media center produces and broadcasts programming on women's issues. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | Each center educates 120 children. (references) |
Djibouti | The strikers remained in Nagad Detention Center for 2 days. (references) | |
Morocco | Health services for children also are planned for each center. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Weil | Look, I say, if I'm in an automobile accident, I don't want to first go to a shaman or an herbalist, I want to go to a trauma center and get put back together. |
Ann Richards | Yeah, because we're human and we're slow learners. And sometimes it takes longer for people. I've known a lot of people who relapsed and who had to go back into the hospital or who had to go to another center. |
Colin Soloway | Well, we were taken to place which we were told, both by alliance fighters, and also by local villagers, that this was actually bin Laden's house, or bin Laden's command center in a village outside Jalalabad. |
Harry Belafonte | On another channel, getting ready to launch a work that I had just done. I was on NBC and just about to go down to the World Trade Center for breakfast. Had the incident happened just an hour later, I might very well have been one of its victims. |
Marla Hanson | I came on the show. I was on the board of the National Center for Victims of Crime and began to lobby for changes in legislation. |
Regis Philbin | Here comes challenger. All of center field, coming closer and closer to second base. As challenger reaches second base, in swoops four Navy jets. Right over the stadium, Whoa with a tremendous roar. |
Rush Limbaugh | Clinton can be held culpable for not doing enough when he was Commander-in-Chief to combat the terrorists who wound up attacking the World Trade Center and Pentagon. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Tonight Vietnam must hold the center of our attention, but across the world problems and opportunities crowd in on the American Nation. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Families stand at the center of our society. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We have to be at the center of every vital global network, as a good neighbor and a good partner. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Center" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.83% of the time. "Center" is used about 360 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75.83% | 273 | 17,765 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.17% | 87 | 35,390 |
| Total | 100.00% | 360 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "center" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Center | Last name | 1,000 | 7,769 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Greece | Athens Medical Center | Japan | Ask Planning Center, Inc. |
| Spain | Max Center Leisa S.A. | Sweden | All Cards Service Center - ACSC - AB |
| Switzerland | European Semiconductor Equipment Center Holdings A.G. | USA | Center Bancorp Inc. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Center, CO (town, FIPS 12855) 2. Center, KY 3. Center, MO (city, FIPS 12592) 4. Center, ND (city, FIPS 13180) 5. Center, NE (village, FIPS 8360) 6. Center, TX (city, FIPS 13732) |
Expressions using "center": accelerated solution center ♦ action information center ♦ Acushnet Center ♦ Adams Center ♦ aerodynamic center ♦ aeromedical evacuation control center ♦ aftn communication center ♦ air control center ♦ air defense control center ♦ air operations center ♦ air support operations center ♦ air traffic control center ♦ allied press information center ♦ Alma Center ♦ amusement center ♦ angle at the center ♦ area communication center ♦ area control center ♦ area forecast center ♦ attendance center ♦ auditory center ♦ authentication center ♦ battery center ♦ battery control center ♦ Beam center ♦ beauty center ♦ bell Center ♦ Belle Center ♦ Berlin Center ♦ Berrien Center ♦ birthing center ♦ Bovina Center ♦ Branford Center ♦ Breckinridge Center ♦ broadcasting center ♦ Broca's center ♦ Brookfield Center ♦ Brooklyn Center ♦ buffalo Center ♦ burn center ♦ business center ♦ Byron Center ♦ Canton Center ♦ Cebu Investment Promotion Center ♦ center Barnstead ♦ center bit ♦ center circle ♦ center City ♦ center Conway ♦ center court ♦ center Cross ♦ center field ♦ center fielder ♦ center for Disease Control ♦ Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression ♦ Center for sustainable cities ♦ center forward ♦ center half ♦ center Harbor ♦ center Hill ♦ center hole ♦ center in ♦ center Junction ♦ center lathe ♦ center line ♦ center line lights ♦ center Lovell ♦ center Moreland ♦ center Moriches ♦ Center of a ♦ Center of a curve ♦ Center of a fleet ♦ center of a machine tool ♦ Center of a surface ♦ Center of an army ♦ center of attention ♦ center of attraction ♦ center of buoyancy ♦ center of burst ♦ center of conflict ♦ center of curvature ♦ Center of curvature of a curve ♦ center of excellence ♦ Center of flotation ♦ center of gravity ♦ center of gravity limits ♦ center of gravity position ♦ Center of gyration ♦ Center of inertia ♦ center of infection ♦ center of interest ♦ center of life ♦ center of mass ♦ center of motion ♦ center of origin ♦ Center of oscillation ♦ Center of percussion ♦ center of pressure ♦ center of trade ♦ center on ♦ center on smb.. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "center": center-fire, Center-fire cartridge, center-half, center-of-mass, center-piece, center-stage, center-three-quarter. | |
Ending with "center": Cost-center, de-center, depressed-center, left-of-center, money-center, off-center. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
world trade center | 5,548 | pnc arts center | 873 |
entertainment center | 5,132 | teen chat center | 853 |
center channel | 4,195 | kennedy center | 846 |
baby center | 4,062 | award center | 830 |
guitar center | 3,448 | air canada center | 809 |
tweeter center | 3,132 | american airline center | 765 |
center for disease control | 2,722 | smirnoff music center | 764 |
call center | 2,403 | mci center | 760 |
sylvan learning center | 2,336 | sbc center | 737 |
rent a center | 2,109 | center | 735 |
kennedy space center | 1,991 | center depot home | 725 |
mail center | 1,889 | general nutrition center | 717 |
national hurricane center | 1,615 | micro center | 707 |
staple center | 1,419 | day care center | 698 |
atkins center | 1,282 | learning center | 698 |
flight center | 1,089 | lincoln center | 690 |
blossom music center | 1,065 | fleet center | 685 |
job center | 990 | center line wheels | 677 |
shopping center | 897 | riverbend music center | 677 |
pnc bank arts center | 889 | world trade center memorial | 628 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "center"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qendër (centre, ganglion, heart, heartland, hub, navel, nucleus, pivot, radiant, unit). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقر (residence, seat), محور (axis, centre, heart, hub, pivot, shaft, spin, spindle, spun), مركز (center on, centered, centralize, centre, centre on, concentrated, fastened, fixed, focus, funnel, localise, locality, localize, location, office, position, post, seat, settled, site, situation, spot, station), قلب (alter, bring down, capricious, capsize, centre, change, convert, core, essence, flip, heart, inversion, invert, inverting, leaf, middle, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, tip, topple, transform, transformation, turn, turn about, turn around, turn inside down, turn over, turn up, upset, upturn, whimsical), وسط (amid, amidst, among, amongst, centre, endo-, fair, john doe, mean, medium, middle, midst, milieu, navel, ordinary, umbilicus, waist), حدد مركز (centre), حدد (adjust, allocate, appoint, assess, assign, be specified, calibrate, centre, condition, constrict, define, determine, fix, itemize, limit, line, locate, mark, name, narrow, pin, pinpoint, prefix, prescribe, qualify, set, shoe, type), ركز (centre, compress, concentrate, condense, distil, fasten, fix, focus). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | средоточие (centre), средище (centre, playground), център-нападател (centre), център (centre, headquarters, hinge, hub, kingpin, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pivot, pocket, seat), центровам (centre), центрирам (centre), отбелязвам центъра на (centre), нещо което привлича вниманието, поставям в центъра (centre). (various references) | |
Catalan | centre. (various references) | |
Chinese | 中心 (core, heart). (various references) | |
Croatian | centar. (various references) | |
Czech | centrum (centre, town center), centr (centre), vnitřní èást (centre), vnitřek (centre, inside, interior, withindoors), výplò (centre, filling, pane, panel), středisko (centre, seat, unit), střed (centre, midst, pivot), náplò (cartridge, centre, charge, filling). (various references) | |
Danish | centrere (centralize, centre), stillads (centering, centre, scaffolding), pinolhul (center hole, centre, centre hole). (various references) | |
Dutch | centrum (centre). (various references) | |
Esperanto | urbocentro (city center). (various references) | |
Finnish | keskusta (centre), keskittää (centralize, centre, concentrate), keskistää (centralize, centre), keskiöreikä (center hole, centre, centre hole), keskiökuoppa (center hole, centre, centre hole), keskiökolo (center hole, centre, centre hole), keskiöidä (centralize, centre). (various references) | |
Flemish | stadscentrum (town center). (various references) | |
French | centrer (centre), centre (centre). (various references) | |
French Canadian | centre. (various references) | |
German | zentrieren (center up, centre, to center), mittelpunkt (centre, epicenter, focal point, focus, hub, middle, midpoint, pivot), zentrum (centre, heart, hub), zentrale (central, central control, central office, centrally, control, depot, exchange, head office, headquarters, pivotally, switchboard). (various references) | |
Greek | κεντράρω (centre). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרכז (centre), אמצע (mean, middle, midst). (various references) | |
Hungarian | középcsatár (centre, centre forward, centre-forward), központ (central, centre, ganglia, ganglion, head office, headquarters, seat), centrum (centre). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tumpuan (focus, pillar, prop). (various references) | |
Irish | lár. (various references) | |
Italian | centrare (centre, fix in the center, grasp fully, hit the center of), centro (base, bull, carton, centre, city, city centre, core, downtown, focus, heart, institute, Mall, midst, nucleus, station, thick). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 本場 (best place, genuine, habitat, home), 振り分け (divide), 淵叢 (gathering spot), セル付 (10^-2, a center, bottle cap, celery, cellophane tape, centering, centi-, centimeter, centre, ceremony, facility providing funeral services, good sense, Scotch tape, select, selection, selector, selenium, sensation, sensational, sensor, serenade, stopper, with a self-starter), 中部 (heart, middle, region south and south-west of Tokyo area), 中央 (central, centre, middle), 中央 (central, centre, middle), 中心点 , 中心地 (metropolis), 中心 (balance, core, emphasis, heart, pivot), 中心 (balance, core, emphasis, heart, pivot). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふりわけ (divide), ほんば (best place, galloping horse, genuine, habitat, home, runaway horse), センタ (centre), ちゅうおう (central, Central Europe, centre, middle), ちゅうしんてん, ちゅうしんち (metropolis), ちゅうしん (balance, core, devotion, emphasis, faithfulness, heart, information, innermost feelings, loyal retainer, loyal subject, making a report, moderate earthquake, pivot), ちゅうぶ (heart, middle, palsy, paralysis, region south and south-west of Tokyo area), えんそう (edible bird's nest, gathering spot, musical performance, swallow's nest). (various references) | |
Korean | 센터 (Centre). (various references) | |
Norwegian | sentrum (centre, downtown). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | entercay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | centro (average, centre, city center, city centre, depth, heart, kernel, mean, middle, midst, navel, nucleus, omphalos), centrar (middle). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | centro. (various references) | |
Romanian | cuib (aerie, centre, den, home, hotbed, nest), concentra (bend, centre, compress, concentrate, concentre, condense, focus), cintru (centre), centrui (centre), centru (centre, downtown, heart, inside, navel, station, thick, unit), centra (centre, concentre, focus), sediu (centre, headquarters, premises), punct central (centre, hub, pivot), mijloc (centre, depth, handle, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, method, middle, midst, resource, thick, vehicle, waist, way), inimã (bosom, bowel, breast, centre, character, conscience, core, heart, hearts, life, mind, soul, thick, ticker), focar (centre, firebox, fireplace, focus, hotbed, seed plot, source, stokehold), aşeza în centru (centre). (various references) | |
Russian | средняя точка (centre), стержень (arm, bar, bolt, centre, core, peg, pivot, rod, scape, shaft, shank, spindle, stud), сосредотачивать (centre), середина (centre, inside, mean, medium, middle, midst), центрировать центр (centre), центрировать (centre), центр (centre, focus, nucleus), концентрировать (centre, concentrate, concentre, concoct, mass), кернер (centre), ось (axes, axis, axle, axletree, axle-tree, bolt, centre, kingbolt, shaft, spindle), помещать в центре (centre). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | centrirati (centre), centar (centre), tačka (act, centre, clause, count, dot, fix, full stop, item, number, period, pip, point), središte (centre, hub, middle, navel, omphalos), koncentrisati se (centre, concentrate), dom (centre, chamber, home, house), žiža (centre, focus), žarište (centre, focus, pocket). (various references) | |
Slovene | središèe. (various references) | |
Spanish | centro (average, centre, core, focus, forum, goal, headquarters, heart, kernel, mean, middle, navel, omphalos, polls, seat), centrar (centre). (various references) | |
Swedish | centrum (centre, downtown, focus, hub, metropolis, seat), centrera (centre). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้เล่นในแดนกลาง, สถานที่ที่เป็นศูนย์รวม, กลาง, อยู่ตรงกลาง (smack dab in the middle), ต้นเหตุ, ศูนย์การค้า (emporium), ศูนย์กลาง, ศูนย์รวมเซลล์ประสาท, ศูนย์รวมความสนใจ, มุ่งความสนใจไปยัง (concenter), จุดสำคัญ (keynote, nub). (various references) | |
Turkish | orta (bosom, c, central, centre, fair, in between, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediate, mediocre, medium, mesial, mesne, meso-, mezzo-, mid, mid-, middle, middling, midst, moderate, passable, secondary), ılımlı politik görüş (centre), çevresini dönüp dolaşmak, göbek (abdomen, bay window, belly, belly button, branch, center-piece, centre, centre-piece, core, heart, midpoint, navel, omphalic, omphalos, paunch, pod, spare tire, spare tyre, tummy, umbilical, umbilicus), kemer inşaat desteği (centre), konsantre olmak (centre, concentrate, pore, pore over, rivet), kubbe inşaat desteği (centre), merkez (bosom, centre, centric, centrical, centrically, focal, head office, headquarters, hub, navel, omphalos, station), merkezde toplamak (centralize, centre), ılımlı kimse (centre, moderate), odak (centre, focal, focus, pivotal), yoğunlaşmak (centre, concentrate, condense, intensify, precipitate, thicken, zero in on, zoom), orta alan (center court, centre), orta alan oyuncusu (centre), ortalamak (centre, reach the middle, set in the midst), ortaya gelmek (centre), ortaya yerleştirmek (centre), punta (centre), santra (centre), sente (centre), merkezde toplanmak (be centralized, centre). (various references) | |
Turkmen | uzel (r) (junction), orta (middle), ojak (hearth, seat (of war)), merkez, jьmmью (depth). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | концентрувати (centralize, centre, concenter, concentrate, concentre), базуватися (centre), будинок (centre, edification, house), лідер (centre, chief, coryphaeus, leader, pacemaker, pacer, pace-setter), зосереджувати (centralize, centre, concentrate, rally, rivet), осереддя (centre), внутрішнє кільце мішені (centre), вождь (anarch, centre, chief, chieftain, head, leader, sachem), вісь (axis, axle, centre, kingpin, pintle), помічати кернером (centre), керівник (captain, centre, chief, conductor, guide, head, leader, manager, superintendent), стрижень (centre, medulla, pivot, shank, stem), центр (centre, midpoint, navel, nucleus, pivot), центр землі (centre), центральна точка (centre), центрувати (centre), розташовувати в центрі (centre), спиратися (centre, lean, rest), середина (centre, core, mean, medium, middle, midpoint, midst, navel), середня точка тіла (centre), гравець центру (centre). (various references) | |
Welsh | canoli, canolbwyntio. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | murub. (various references) |
| Akkadian | 3000 BCE-Modern | qablû. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kentron. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | centrum, medi, media, medii, mediis, medio, medium, umbilici, umbilicis, umbilico, umbilicus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "center": centerboard, centerboards, centered, centeredness, centerednesses, centerfold, centerfolds, centering, centerless, centerline, centerlines, centerpiece, centerpieces, centers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "center": chromocenter, circumcenter, concenter, decenter, epicenter, hypocenter, incenter, indecenter, innocenter, metacenter, multicenter, orthocenter, recenter, subcenter, supercenter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "center": chromocenters, circumcenters, concentered, concentering, concenters, decentered, decentering, decenters, epicenters, hypocenters, incenters, metacenters, orthocenters, subcenters, supercenters. (additional references) | |
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"Center" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Canteiro, canther, cantier, cantre, cefter, Cenberht, cender, Cendre, cener, cenote, centa, centar, centary, cente, Centel, centex, centi, centor, Centore, centr, centre, centrr, centure, Ceontea, Cetrek, cintre, Cintura, cleneth, cnter, Contel, conter, Cotner, Csenger, cuenta, fenter, Genter, kente, Kunter, scenter, Senter, sentir. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "center" (pronounced se"nter or se"ner) |
| 5 | s e" n t er | centre, dissenter. |
| 4 | -e" n t er | enter, inventor, mentor, renter, Stentor, Venter. |
| 3 | -n t er | enchanter, encounter, banter, blunter, canter, Cantor, carpenter, counter, covenanter, discounter, epicenter, experimenter, fainter, grantor, headhunter, Hunter, Midwinter, Minter, multicenter, overwinter, painter, planter, pointer, presenter, printer, punter, reenter, saunter, splinter, sprinter, Supercenter, tormentor, winter. |
| 3 | -e" n er | penner, tenner, tenor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: centre, recent, tenrec. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: enter, erect, rente, terce, terne, treen. | |
-2 letters: cent, cere, cete, erne, rent, rete, teen, tern, tree. | |
-3 letters: cee, ere, ern, nee, net, rec, ree, ret, tee, ten. | |
-4 letters: en, er, et, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: centare, centers, centner, centred, centres, credent, crenate, enteric, enticer, lectern, percent, precent, reenact, tenrecs. | |
+2 letters: cabernet, cantered, carotene, ceinture, cementer, centares, centered, centiare, centners, cerement, coherent, concrete, creatine, crenated, crescent, cretonne, decanter, decenter, decentre, electron, enticers, entrance, entrench, enuretic, erecting, erection, frenetic, gentrice, incenter, increate, infecter, iterance, lecterns, neoteric, percents, precents, preenact, prentice, pretence, reaccent, reascent, recanted, recanter, recenter, recently, recreant, reenacts, reincite, reinfect, reinject, relucent, reticent, retrench, sarcenet, secretin, terpenic, trecento, trenched, trencher, trenches, uncreate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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