Definition of center

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Center (n.) 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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Globe :: Globe (n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere..
Centrode :: Centrode (n.) In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center..
Center :: Center (v. t.) Alt. of Centr.
Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..
Stellation :: Stellated (a.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers..
Heart :: Heart (v. i.) To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage..
Centripetency :: Centripetency (n.) Tendency toward the center.
Depressomotor :: Depressomotor (n.) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..
Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun..
Centerfire Cartridge :: Centerfire cartridge () See under Cartridge.
Radiated :: Radiated (a.) Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a radiated structure; a radiated group of crystals..
Deferent :: Deferent (n.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round..
Left :: Left (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of the presiding officer. See Center, and Right..
Hanse :: Hanse (n.) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
Eye :: Eye (n.) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
Core :: Core (n.) The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention..
Concentre :: Concentre (v. i.) To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere..
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