Center

Quick meaning: Center is a noun meaning The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

Meaning

The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

More Meanings

1. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
2. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
3. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
4. (geometry) A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
5. A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
6. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
7. (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).

Example Sentences

the center of attention

the center of the controversy

The centroid is one of the centres of a triangle

There are several centers of a triangle such as its circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter and centroid.

Word Forms

• centers
• centre
• centering
• centered

Synonyms for center

Depending on context, synonyms include midpoint, centroid, middle, midst, central, essence.

Antonyms for center

Common opposites include periphery, right, left.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include central, focus, middle, midway, centre, kernel.

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