center

Etymology

 * Borrowed from, from , from , from ..
 * In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German.

Noun

 * 1) The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
 * 2) The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
 * 3) The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
 * 6)  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).
 * 7)  The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
 * 8) A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
 * 9)  The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
 * 10) The venue in which the head of government in a  is situated.
 * 11) 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.
 * the center of the controversy
 * the center of attention
 * 1)  A player in the middle of a playing area.
 * 2)  The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
 * 3)  The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
 * 4)  The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
 * 5)  A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
 * 6)  A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
 * 7)  One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
 * 8) A certain mechanical implement functioning in the middle of a whole apparatus
 * 9)  A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
 * 10)  One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
 * 11)  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.
 * 12)  The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
 * 1)  One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
 * 2) A certain mechanical implement functioning in the middle of a whole apparatus
 * 3)  A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
 * 4)  One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:midpoint

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, وَسَط, وَسْط
 * Moroccan Arabic: وسط, مركز
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: үҙәк, урта
 * Basque: erdigune
 * Belarusian: цэнтр, цэ́нтар, сярэдзі́на
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: йукъ
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏰᏟ
 * Cheyenne: sétóve
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ცენტრი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: કેંદ્ર
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ionad
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: орта
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz:, ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:, vidus
 * Lithuanian:, vidurys
 * Macedonian: центар, средина
 * Malay: pusat
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: pokapū, pūtahi, pū
 * Marathi: केंद्र
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠥᠪ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, midtpunkt
 * Ottoman Turkish: مركز
 * Pashto:, وسط, مرکز
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Meddpunkt, Zentrum
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਕੇਂਦਰ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сре̏дӣште, це̏нтар
 * Roman: ,
 * Sherpa: གུང
 * Slovak: stred,
 * Slovene:, center
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:, васат
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: དཀྱིལ, གུང
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: merkez, orta
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: مرکز
 * Uyghur: مەركەز
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: (中心),
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: צענטער
 * Zazaki: merkez, kenter


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cheyenne: sétóve
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay: pusat
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: pūtahi
 * Marathi: केंद्र
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, midtpunkt
 * Ottoman Turkish: مركز
 * Pashto:
 * Plautdietsch: Zentrum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: stred
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: צענטער
 * Zazaki: ,


 * Cherokee: ᎠᏰᏟ
 * Cheyenne: sétóve
 * Finnish:, , keskialue
 * Latin:, medium
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: pokapū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Plautdietsch: Meddpunkt
 * Polish:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: stred
 * Zazaki:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: цэнтр, цэ́нтар
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: midte
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: miðja
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ცენტრი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: qiteq
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: орталық
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:, چەق
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:, viduspunkts
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: центар
 * Malay: pusat
 * Maltese: ċentru
 * Maori: pokapū
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠥᠪ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, midtpunkt
 * Ottoman Turkish: مركز
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Meddpunkt, Zentrum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Santali: ᱜᱚᱵᱷᱚ
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: средѝна, це̏нтар
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: stred
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: sentro,
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: merkez
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: مرکز
 * Uyghur: مەركەز
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: (中心),, điểm giữa
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: צענטער
 * Zazaki: merkez


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מרכז כובד
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay: pusat
 * Ottoman Turkish: مركز
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: stred
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: צענטער


 * Italian:
 * Zazaki:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: үҙәк
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: miðstöð
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ionad, lárionad
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: ynnyd
 * Maori: pūtahi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: midtpunkt,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionad
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: lunduyan
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian:
 * Zazaki:


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: үҙәк
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Drehpunkt
 * Icelandic: miðpunktur
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: stredobod, jadro
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: tâm điểm
 * West Frisian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: pivot
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Zenterspieler
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: це̏нтар
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: center
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Czech: střední útočník,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * Czech: tříčtvrtka


 * Finnish: holvituki


 * Finnish:, tukikärki


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Slovak: stred


 * Ido:
 * Lao:
 * Maltese:
 * Thai: ,

Adjective

 * Of, at, or related to a center.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, keskusta-
 * French:
 * Marathi: केंद्रीय
 * Slovak:, prostredný
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian:

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
 * 2) * ????,, Celia to Damon
 * Thy joys are centred all in me alone.
 * 1)  To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
 * 2)  To give (something) a central basis.
 * 3)  To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
 * 4)  To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
 * 1)  To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
 * 2)  To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
 * 1)  To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
 * 1)  To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Usage notes
The spelling centre is standard in UK English. In Canada it is typical in proper names, e.g. Toronto Centre for the Arts, but "center" is also commonly used otherwise, e.g. shopping center, center of town. Both spellings can be encountered even in the same text; e.g. in NHL hockey where there are many Canadian and US teams, reference might be made to the "center" forward position and a "centre" where a game is played.

The indirect object of the intransitive verb is given the prepositions, , , or. is primary used only in mathematical contexts. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary observes that is objected to by some people on the grounds that it is illogical, but states that it is an idiom, and thus that such objections are irrelevant. It offers as an alternative to  for those who would avoid the idiom.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: центрирам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: centri, centrigi
 * Finnish: asettaa keskelle
 * French:
 * German: zenterieren, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Latvian: centrēt
 * Marathi: केंद्रित करणे
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: centrovať, vycentrovať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: центрирам
 * Finnish:
 * German: zenterieren, ausmitteln
 * Marathi: केंद्रित करणे
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian: съсредоточавам се
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: konzenterieren, ,
 * Latvian: koncentrēt, koncentrēties
 * Marathi: लक्ष्य केंद्रित करणे
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak: sústrediť sa, točiť sa
 * Spanish: en
 * Swedish:

Etymology
Ultimately from. .

Noun

 * 1)  a centre; a place where some function or activity occurs
 * 2)  the political centre, parties and politicians in between the left and right wings
 * 3)  a centre; midplayer of a team
 * 1)  a centre; midplayer of a team