center
/ˈsɛn.tɚ/ noun A2- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- 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). · The centroid is one of the centres of a triangle
- A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle. · There are several centers of a triangle such as its circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter and centroid.
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity. · shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center
- The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
Plural centers
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In the center of the roof was a great light, as bright as the sun, which made the emeralds sparkle in a wonderful manner.
In the center of the chair was an enormous Head, without a body to support it or any arms or legs whatever.
The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the exact center of the cyclone.
There was a ruined summer-house of white marble in the center of the terrace, built for queens dead a hundred years ago.
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