Definition of center

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Center (n.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

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Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
Diverging :: Diverging (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.
Intercentral :: Intercentral (a.) Between centers.
Anthropocentric :: Anthropocentric (a.) Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system..
Incito-motor :: Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor..
Gravitative :: Gravitative (a.) Causing to gravitate; tending to a center.
Centering :: Centering (n.) Same as Center, n., 6..
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc..
Incenter :: Incenter (n.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Centre :: Centre (n. & v.) See Center.
Apothem :: Apothem (n.) The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
Orthocenter :: Orthocenter (n.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect..
Fossette :: Fossette (n.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea..
Inwardly :: Inwardly (adv.) Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly..
Umbilical :: Umbilical (n.) Pertaining to the center; central.
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
Truss :: Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
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