center

  1. Noun.  The point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  2. Noun.  The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
  3. Noun.  (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
  4. Noun.  (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions 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).
  5. Noun.  A place where some function or activity occurs.
  6. Noun.  A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
  7. Noun.  (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
  8. Noun.  (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
  9. Noun.  (American football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
  10. Noun.  (Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
  11. Noun.  (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
  12. Noun.  (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
  13. Noun.  (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
  14. Adjective.  Of, at, or related to a center.
  15. Verb.  (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
  16. Verb.  (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
  17. Verb.  (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.