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an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" center field: the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center" a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure kernel: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party" a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center" (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff" a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" politically moderate persons; centrists the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering plaza: mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls" focus on: center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game center(a): equally distant from the extremes concentrate: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
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| centering |
focus: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap"
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| centesis |
(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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| centigrade |
centigrade(ip): of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
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| centigrade scale |
Celsius scale: a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
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