Centre
n 1: a low-lying region in central France
2: 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" [syn: center, centre, middle, heart, eye]
3: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the
extremities of a figure [syn: center, centre, midpoint]
4: a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they
received messages from several centers" [syn: center,
centre]
5: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is
enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn: center,
centre]
6: 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" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center,
centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-
gritty]
7: the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his
stories made him the center of the party" [syn: center,
centre, center of attention, centre of attention]
8: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
[syn: center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre]
9: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were
raising money to build a new center for research" [syn:
center, centre]
v 1: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not
centered" [syn: center, centre]
2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate,
focus, center, centre, pore, rivet]
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Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Centered or Centred (s[e^]n"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Centering or Centring.]
1. To be placed in a center; to be central.
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2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest
on, or gather about, as a center.
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Where there is no visible truth wherein to center,
error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More.
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Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden.
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Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\, v. t.
1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
--Milton.
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2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.
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Thy joys are centered all in me alone. --Prior.
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3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception
of a center.
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Centre -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 135758
Housing Units (2000): 53161
Land area (2000): 1107.533150 sq. miles (2868.497568 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.317701 sq. miles (11.182795 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1111.850851 sq. miles (2879.680363 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.887275 N, 77.834459 W
Headwords:
Centre
Centre, PA
Centre County
Centre County, PA
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Centre, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 3216
Housing Units (2000): 1515
Land area (2000): 10.968141 sq. miles (28.407354 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.105972 sq. miles (0.274466 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.074113 sq. miles (28.681820 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13648
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 34.159181 N, 85.674742 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35960
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Centre, AL
Centre
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