From en.wiktionary.org:
[Center]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [grc]. [en].
- [group theory] In the notation _Z_ ( _G_ ), the letter _Z_ derives from the [en] .
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
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*** Noun
[en-noun] [en] [en]
1. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference . [from 14th c.]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1908 | translator=w:Thomas L. Heath | author=Euclid | journal=Elements | section=III.9
|passage=If a point be taken within a circle, and more than two equal straight
lines fall from the point on the circle, the point taken is the CENTRE of the
circle.}}
1. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference . [from 14th c.]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | author=David Adam | journal=The Guardian | date=4 Jun 2005
|passage=Japanese scientists are to explore the CENTRE of the Earth. Using a
giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to
punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the
mantle below.}}
1. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edge s.
1. [en] 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.
2. * [book=I]
3. * [II]
2. [en] The point on a line that is midway between the end s.
3. [en] The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimension s 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).
4. A place, especially a building or complex , set aside for some specified function or activity .
5. [en] The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties .
6. The venue in which the head of government in a [Centralized government] is situated .
7. * [en]
8. A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition , volition or discussion that is perceive d as decisive .
9. [en] A player in the middle of a playing area.
1. [en] The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
2. [en] The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoff s.
3. [en] The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
4. [en] A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circle s.
5. [en] A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
6. * {{ quote-web
|en |date=December 28, 2010 |author=Owen Phillips |title=Sunderland 0 - 2
Blackpool |work=BBC
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9317216.stm |page=
|passage=Bent twice sent efforts wide of the far post after cutting in from
the left, Wellbeck missed his kick from an inviting CENTRE and failed to get
on the end of a looping pass when six yards out.}}
1. [en] One of the back s operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre .
2. * {{ quote-web
|en |date=February 4, 2011 |author=Gareth Roberts |title=Wales 19-26 England
|work=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/9386391.stm |page=
|passage=Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half
Jones's clever pass sent CENTRE Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.}}
1. A certain mechanical implement function ing in the middle of a whole apparatus
1. [en] [en] A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
2. [en] One of the two conical steel pin s in a lathe , etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolve s.
3. [en] 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.
4. [en] The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
2. [en] The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure ) that commute with every other element, usually denoted _Z(G)_ . In the case of ( semi- ) group s, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and ( Lie ) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
**** Synonyms
- [point on a line midway between the ends] [en] ; see also Thesaurus:midpoint
- [point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates] [en] , [en] , [en]
- [middle portion of something] [en] , [en]
**** Antonyms
- [en]
**** Derived terms
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**** Translations
[point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Bashkir: [ba] , [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Cheyenne: [chy]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky] , [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk] , [rsk]
- Pashto: [ps] , [ps] , [ps]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt] , [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [dated or stilted]
- Sanskrit: [sa] , [sa]
- Santali: [sat]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sherpa: [xsr]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tatar: [tt] , [tt]
- Telugu: [te] , [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo] , [bo]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk] , [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] ( [vi] ), [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza] , [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[point equidistant from all points on the surface of a sphere]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Cheyenne: [chy]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maori: [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tatar: [tt] , [tt]
- Telugu: [te] , [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza] , [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[middle portion of something]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Cheyenne: [chy]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[point on a line midway between the ends]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt] , [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Santali: [sat]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Telugu: [te] , [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] ( [vi] ), [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Malay: [ms]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Thai: [th]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[set of elements of a group that commute with all elements]
- Italian: [it]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[place where a function or activity occurs]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[topic of particular importance]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- West Frisian: [fy]
[trans-bottom]
[in basketball]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[in ice hockey]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[in American and Canadian football]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
[trans-bottom]
[in netball] [trans-bottom]
[soccer: pass into the center of the pitch]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[in rugby]
- Czech: [cs]
[trans-bottom]
[architecture: temporary structure]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[engineering: one of the two conical steel pins in a lathe]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[engineering: conical recess]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[politics: ensemble of centrist parties]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Slovak: [sk]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Ido: [io]
- Lao: [lo]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Thai: [th] [th] , [th]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adjective
[-] [en]
1. Of, at, or related to a center.
**** Synonyms
- [en]
**** Translations
[of, at or related to center]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Swedish: [sv]
- West Frisian: [fy]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb] [en]
1. [en] To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
2. * ???? , [Matthew Prior] , _Celia to Damon_
3. *: Thy joys are CENTRED all in me alone.
4. [en] To cause (some attribute , such as a mood or voltage ) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extreme s.
5. [en] To give (something) a central basis .
6. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2012 | author=Michael Kaminski; et al | title=Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology | chapter=7 | page= [q=centered]
|passage=However, Lucas also CENTERED the plot around the protection of the
secret Death Star plans, which now filled the role of the clan treasure the
enemy is seeking in Hidden Fortress; [...]}}
1. [en] To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
2. [en] 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 [en],
[en], [en][,] or [en]. [en] is primary used only in mathematical contexts.
Merriam-Webster's _Collegiate Dictionary_ observes that [en] 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 [en] as an
alternative to [en] for those who would avoid the idiom.
**** Derived terms
- self-centering
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[cause to occupy the center]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[cause something to have a value midway between extremes]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[concentrate on]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:OneLook]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Czech
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
*** Noun
[cs]
1. [cs]
** Spanish
*** Pronunciation
[cénter]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] [en]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
Ultimately from [sv]. [sv].
*** Noun
[c]
1. [sv] a centre ; a place where some function or activity occurs
2. [sv] the political centre, parties and politicians in between the left and right wings
3. [sv] a centre; midplayer of a team
**** Declension
[stem=centr] [definitions=2] [2=centern]
**** Related terms
- [sv]
- [sv]