Center

/ˈsɛn.təː/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

If a point be taken within a circle, and more than two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, the point taken is the centre of the circle.

Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.

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.

shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center

In Anatolia tensions between state officials (ehl-i örf) and the peasants were strained to breaking point. At several places—particularly in the frontier provinces—there were fierce clashes between the janissaries stationed there and the governors. In Aleppo and Damascus incidents were common after 1589: the kuls threw rocks at the beylerbeyi’s house, killed people, broke into the divan several times and took the money prepared by the council for remittance to the centre.

the center of the controversy

the center of attention

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• centers
• centre
• centering
• centered

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