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center (s), centers (pl) (nouns)
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center, centers; centered; centering (verbs)
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(Greek > Latin: center; middle point, mid point; focus, focal point, focalize; zero in on)
(Latin: hearth, fireplace; fire, flame; central point, center)
(French: degree of merit or importance; diameter of a bullet, cannon-ball, etc.; instrument for measuring the thickness, width, or distance through the center of a tube)
(Latin: to build, to erect a building; a building, a sanctuary, a temple; originally, aedes, "building a hearth" or "to build a hearth" because the fire in the hearth was the center of the home in early times since it supplied both heat and light; over time, the meaning expanded from the hearth itself to the home and building that enclosed it)
(Greek > Latin: swelling, a knot; center of a cavity; nerve center; pertaining to a mass of nerve tissue)
(Greek: middle, intermediate; close to a center line; between)
(Latin: marked with the palm of the hand; adorned with palm leaves; used primarily in the sense of "having five lobes that diverge from a common center" [as fingers from an open palm])
(Greek > Latin: inner room, bedchamber; so called by Galen because chambers at the base of the brain were thought to supply animal spirits to the optic nerves; thalamus, the middle part of the diencephalon (the area in the center of the brain just above the brain stem that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus) which relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex of the brain)
Word Entries containing the term: “center
acoustic center (s) (noun), acoustic centers (pl)
The central hearing area in the brain which is located in the temporal lobe of the cerebrum or head: The neurosurgeon was able to successfully perform an operation in the acoustic center of Patricia's brain.
ambulatory surgery center (s) (noun), ambulatory surgery centers (pl)
Medical facilities that are designed and equipped to handle surgery, pain management, and specific diagnostic procedures which do not require overnight hospitalization: Patients who are in relatively good health may choose to receive treatments at ambulatory surgery centers instead of having to stay overnight in a room and they will be treated by health professionals just as they would in a conventional surgery department.
auto-ID center
A non-profit collaboration between private companies and academia that pioneered the development of an internet-like infrastructure for tracking goods globally through the use of RFID tags.
electrical center
1. A point in the middle of an adjustable inductor or resistor which divides it into two equivalent electrical values.
2. The point approximately midway between the ends of an inductor or resistor which divides the inductor or resistor into two equal electrical values.
This entry is located in the following units: centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (page 5) electro-, electr-, electri- (page 16)
electronic data-processing center, EDP center
A place where automatically operated equipment is kept, including computers, designed to simplify the interpretation and use of data gathered by instrumentation installation or information-collection agencies.
This entry is located in the following units: centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (page 6) electro-, electr-, electri- (page 61)
geographic center
This entry is located in the following unit: grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia (page 36)
geographical center (s) (noun) (no pl)
The point on which a given area on the Earth would balance: Debbie read about a geographical center in her textbook to be a spot on the Earth which would balance if if were a plate of uniform thickness.
Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.
This entry is located in the following unit: paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia (page 5)
thermoinhibitory center, thermoregulatory center
A center located in the hypothalamus of the body concerned mainly with the regulation of heat production, heat inhibition, and heat conservation to maintain a normal body temperature.
thermoregulatory center
The hypothalamic center in the body which regulates and controls body heat.
trauma center, traumacenter; trauma centers, traumacenters (nouns)
A hospital unit specializing in the treatment of patients with acute and especially life-threatening traumatic injuries.
trophic center
Any part of the central nervous system whose proper functioning is thought to be necessary for the nutrition, growth, or maintenance of a peripheral part of the body; such as, the parietal lobe for the development of the muscles of an extremity.
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center of gravity
The point where the weight of an object appears to be concentrated, usually near its middle.

Cars with a high center of gravity are more likely to topple over when they go round corners.

This entry is located in the following unit: Automobile or Related Car Terms (page 2)
Kennedy Space Center
The NASA launch site on Merritt Island, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, used for Apollo and space-shuttle launches.

The first flight to land on the moon (1969) and Skylab, the first orbiting laboratory (1973), were launched from here.

This entry is located in the following unit: Astronomy and related astronomical terms (page 14)
load center (s) (noun), load centers (pl)
With electricity, a geographical area in which large amounts of plower are drawn by end users.
This entry is located in the following unit: load, loading, loaded (page 1)