center

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region
• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
• a building dedicated to a particular activity
• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
• the object upon which interest and attention focuses
• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
• the middle of a military or naval formation
• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
• a place where some particular activity is concentrated
• politically moderate persons
• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers
• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
• center upon
• direct one´s attention on something
• move into the center
• equally distant from the extremes
• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
• A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle
• The middle or central portion of anything
• A principal or important point of concentration
• The earth
• Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left
• A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting
• One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves
• A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Hungary in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Alabama
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Arkansas
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Colorado
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Georgia
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Indiana
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Kentucky
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Mississippi
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Missouri
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Nebraska
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in North Carolina
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in North Dakota
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Ohio
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Oklahoma
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Pennsylvania
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Tennessee
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Texas
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Utah

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