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Definition: Centrum |
CentrumNoun1. The main body of a vertebra. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "centrum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references) |
Etymology: Centrum \Cen"trum\, noun; plural English Centrums, from Latin expression Centra. [Latin expression, center.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Science | The perithecial chamber enclosed by the exciple. (references) |
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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 |
| CEBIT | English | Welt CEntrum Buero Information Telekommunikation, "CeBIT" | Computer - (fair) |
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Crosswords: Centrum |
| English words defined with "centrum": Centra, Centrums ♦ Epicentral ♦ haemal arch, hemal arch, Hypapophysis ♦ Neural arch, Neuro-central ♦ Odontoid peg, Odontoid process, Opisthocoelous ♦ vertebral arch. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "centrum": 3Com Corporation ♦ ABC ALGOL ♦ CWI ♦ public hospital. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "centrum": Pleurocentrum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Centrum" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (center, centre, town center), Danish (centre), Dutch (center, centre), Hungarian (center, centre), Latin (center), Polish (centre), Swedish (center, centre, downtown, focus, hub, metropolis, seat). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Stralend centrum Mol (1960) Prins Albert in het centrum van Kongo (1910) Medisch Centrum West (1988) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | 2nd World Jewish Student Encounter, Romi Goldmuntz Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium, 21st December 72-January 1st, 73. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | For example, one of the leading operators, Evrotur SAT, has 60,000 subscribers and the second biggest, Centrum Group, has 28,000 subscribers. (references) | |
With its well-known Centrum, Solgar, and Caltrate brands, the company accounts for a significant portion of the 10 percent “other brands” market share. (references) | ||
Polskie Centrum Badan i Certyfikacji, the Polish Center for Research and Certification (PCBC) is responsible for conducting tests and issuing "B" Safety Certificates. (references) | ||
Economic History | Poland | Major Polish franchisers are Gabriel Studio Urody, A.D. Dragowski, Orbis Travel, Natura Drogerie, SIMP, Sklepy Familijne, Pozegnanie z Afryka, YES Bizuteria, Centrum Budowlane, Debica Decart, Laboratorium Kosmetyczne Dr. Irena Eris. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Centrum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Centrum" is used about 7 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) | 57.14% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Centrum Industries, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "centrum": centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "centrum": Centrum-democraten. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "centrum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 中心 (Center, Centra, Centre, Centric, Centrical, Centrums). (various references) | |
Danish | centrum semiovale (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centrum medianum (centrum medianum). (various references) | |
Dutch | centrum semi-ovale vieusseni (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centrum semi-ovale (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centrum medianum (centrum medianum). (various references) | |
French | corps de Luys (centrum medianum), centre semi-ovale (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centre médullaire hémisphéral (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centre médian de Luys (centrum medianum). (various references) | |
German | Centrum semiovale (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), Centrum medianum (centrum medianum). (various references) | |
Greek | κεντρικός πυρήνας υποθαλάμου (centrum medianum). (various references) | |
Italian | centro semiovale (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centro ovale (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centro midollare (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centro mediano di Luys (centrum medianum). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | entrumcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | centro medioval (centrum semi-ovale, semioval centre), centro mediano (centrum medianum). (various references) | |
Spanish | cuerpo de Luys (centrum medianum, corpus luysi, corpus subthalamicum, hypothalamic nucleus, subthalamic nucleus). (various references) | |
Swedish | centre. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "centrum": centrums. (additional references) | |
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"Centrum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cenchrus, Centium, cneorum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "centrum" (pronounced 'Cen"trum'): Alabastrum, Antrum, Calamistrum, Claustrum, Colostrum, lustrum, Nostrum, Plectrum, Pleurocentrum, rostrum, Sequestrum, Sistrum, spectrum, tantrum, Zygantrum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-m-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: centum, rectum. | |
-2 letters: centu, cruet, curet, cuter, eruct, muter, recut, rumen, truce, tuner, unmet. | |
-3 letters: cent, cure, curn, curt, cute, ecru, menu, mure, mute, neum, rent, rune, runt, term, tern, true, tune, turn. | |
-4 letters: cue, cum, cur, cut, ecu, emu, ern, men, met, mun, mut, net, nut, rec, rem, ret, rue, rum, run, rut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-m-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: centrums, truckmen. | |
+2 letters: mucronate, recumbent. | |
+3 letters: accruement, circumvent, counterman, countermen, countrymen, documenter, procumbent, recoupment, securement. | |
+4 letters: accruements, acquirement, circumvents, computernik, consumerist, coterminous, countermand, countermemo, countermine, countermove, countermyth, curettement, curtailment, documentary, documenters, euchromatin, hermeneutic, intercampus, manufacture, mercurating, mercuration, misconstrue, monoculture, mucoprotein, multicenter, multiscreen, neuroticism, noncomputer, noncustomer, procurement, recomputing, recoupments, recruitment, retinaculum, securements, traducement, tumorigenic. | |
+5 letters: accouterment, accoutrement, acquirements, anticonsumer, backcourtmen, circumcenter, circumfluent, circumjacent, circumstance, circumvented, commensurate, computerniks, consumerists, conterminous, counterclaim, counterimage, countermands, countermarch, countermemos, countermined, countermines, countermoved, countermoves, countermyths, countrywomen, curettements, curtailments, euchromatins, hermeneutics, manufactured, manufacturer, manufactures, mercurations, minicomputer, misconstrued, misconstrues, monocultures, mucoproteins, multinuclear, neurochemist, neuroticisms, nomenclature, noncustomers, overdocument, precomputing, procurements, recruitments, reductionism, renouncement, traducements, transhumance, undemocratic, unimportance. | |
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