Definition of center

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Center (n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place..

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Intercentral :: Intercentral (a.) Between centers.
Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day
Concenter :: Concenter (v. i.) Alt. of Concentr.
Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship..
Round :: Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball..
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
Radius Vector :: Radius vector (n.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite..
Autogenous :: Autogenous (a.) Developed from an independent center of ossification.
Vortiginous :: Vortiginous (a.) Moving rapidly round a center; vortical.
Intersect :: Intersect (v. t.) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center..
Centerboard :: Centerboard (n.) Alt. of Centreboar.
Hemisphere :: Hemisphere (n.) A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center..
Centerpiece :: Centerpiece (n.) Alt. of Centrepiec.
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds..
Centerbit :: Centerbit (n.) Alt. of Centrebi.
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..
Gravity :: Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation..
Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..
Centre :: Centre (v. i.) To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center..
Center :: 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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