center : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry
  AHPCRC.
  

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• noun the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
  

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• (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates.

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• noun the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
  Broca's convolution; Broca's gyrus; convolution of Broca; Broca's area.
  

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• noun a center where patients with severe burns can be treated
  

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• noun a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers)
  call centre.
  

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• noun an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care
  CCRC.
  

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• noun a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters
  centre bit.
  

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• noun the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
  centerfield; center.
  
  • he hit the ball to deep center
• noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield
  centerfield.
  

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• noun the person who plays center field
  centerfielder.
  

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• noun a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
  CDC.
  

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• noun a line that bisects a plane figure
  centerline.
  

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• (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar coördinates. See Coördinates.

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• the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.

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• the body or troops ossupying the place in the line between the wings.

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• noun the object upon which interest and attention focuses
  center; centre of attention; centre.
  
  • his stories made him the center of the party

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• noun (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
  centre of immersion; center of buoyancy; centre of buoyancy.
  

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• noun the center of the circle of curvature
  centre of curvature.
  

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• (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See Circle.

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• noun the center of gravity of a floating object
  centre of flotation.
  

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• noun the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
  centre of gravity.
  

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• (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity.

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• (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardaton.

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• noun (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
  centre of immersion; center of buoyancy; centre of buoyancy.
  

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• (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies.

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• noun point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
  centre of mass.
  

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• the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it.

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• the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body.

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• that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis.

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• (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid.

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• verb center upon
  revolve about; revolve around; focus on; concentrate on; center.
  
  • Her entire attention centered on her children
  • Our day revolved around our work
• verb have as a center
  
  • The region centers on Charleston

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• noun a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)
  
• verb make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill
  

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• noun the spread at the center of a magazine
  centre spread.
  

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• noun a position of prominence or importance
  centre stage.
  
• noun the central area on a theater stage
  centre stage.
  

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• adjective satellite designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information
  

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• noun the central part of a city
  city centre; central city.
  

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• noun a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities
  civic center.
  
• noun the center of a city
  down town; civic center.
  

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• noun a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session
  

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• noun a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities
  civic center.
  

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• noun a center where conferences can be conducted
  conference house.
  

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• noun the operational center for a group of related activities
  
  • the general in command never left the control center

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• noun an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
  CTC.
  

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• noun a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work
  day nursery.
  

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• noun the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque
  dead centre.
  

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• (Mach.), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by, the lever L.

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• noun the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors
  DTIC.
  

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• noun a wall unit containing sound and television systems
  

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• (Astron.), the difference between the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a circle, and its place as moving in an ellipse.

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• noun a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
  FLETC.
  

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• noun the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
  

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• noun a low elliptical or pointed arch; usually drawn from four centers
  Tudor arch.
  

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• adjective satellite marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
  humanistic; humanist; human-centred; humanitarian.
  
  • a humane physician
  • released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons
  • respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species

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• (Kinematics), in a plane or in a plane figure which has motions both of translation and of rotation in the plane, is the point which for the instant is at rest.

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• the members whose sympathies are, in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They sit between the Center and the extreme Left.

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• adjective satellite believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
  leftist; left-wing.
  

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• . (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers . (b) A line which determines a dead center. See Dead center, under Dead.

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• (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working beam or side lever swings.

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• (Geom.), the center of gravity of a triangle.

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• noun the part of a city where medical facilities are centered
  

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• noun the center of a city
  down town; civic center.
  

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• noun the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
  NCDC.
  

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• noun the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems
  NAWCWPNS.
  

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• noun the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare
  NSWC.
  

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• noun the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems
  NUWC.
  

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• noun a center that provides information and control
  nerve centre.
  
  • the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam
• noun a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
  nerve centre; center; centre.
  
  • in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere

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• noun an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
  NPC.
  

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• adjective satellite situated away from the center or axis
  off-center.
  

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• adjective satellite situated away from the center or axis
  off-center.
  

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• noun an office that finds suitable employment for applicants
  placement office.
  

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• . See under Center.

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• noun a center where research is done
  research facility.
  

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• noun the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles
  

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• adjective limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
  egocentric; egoistical; egoistic; self-centred.
  

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Self`-cen"tered, Self`-cen"tred adjective (Also<

• Self-centered
• Self-centred

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1. Centered in itself, or in one's self.<-- of people? -->

   There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt, Self-centered and unmoved. Dryden.

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Self`-cen"ter*ing, Self`-cen"tring adjective (Also<

• Self-centering
• Self-centring

)

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1. Centering in one's self.

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• . See Metacenter.

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• noun mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
  center; shopping centre; plaza; mall; shopping mall.
  
  • a good plaza should have a movie house
  • they spent their weekends at the local malls

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• noun a center of trouble or disturbance
  storm centre.
  
• noun the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
  storm centre.
  

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• (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.

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• noun a center for student activities at a college or university
  

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• noun a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
  basket-handle arch.
  

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• (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide.

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• noun a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
  entrepot.
  
  • Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC

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• noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
  city; metropolis.
  
  • Ancient Troy was a great city

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• the chief dominating or general center which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial system with motor nerves, situated in a part of the medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the working of which afferent impulses are changed into efferent, vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels.

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• noun the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
  Wernicke's area.
  

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• noun twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
  twin towers; WTC.
  

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