Vi fant 10 definisjoner av centre på engelsk.
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| Centre - a low-lying region in central France | ||
| centre - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | ||
| center, midpoint | ||
| point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" | ||
| bight the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) | ||
| center of curvature, centre of curvature the center of the circle of curvature | ||
| bowels the center of the Earth | ||
| bull's eye, bull in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target; "in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied" | ||
| center of gravity, centre of gravity the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass | ||
| center of mass, centre of mass point representing the mean position of the matter in a body | ||
| core a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil | ||
| navel point, navel a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" | ||
| nombril the center point on a shield | ||
| core a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil | ||
| nucleus a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | ||
| centre - 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, middle, heart, eye | ||
| country, area the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" | ||
| center stage, centre stage the central area on a theater stage | ||
| central city, city center, city centre the central part of a city | ||
| storm center, storm centre the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm | ||
| financial center the part of a city where financial institutions are centered | ||
| hub the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes | ||
| inner city the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city | ||
| medical center the part of a city where medical facilities are centered | ||
| midfield (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse) | ||
| seat any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down" | ||
| centre - 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" | ||
| kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | ||
| cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | ||
| bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" | ||
| hypostasis (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | ||
| haecceity, quiddity the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | ||
| quintessence the most typical example or representative of a type | ||
| centre - a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" | ||
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| edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" | ||
| burn center a center where patients with severe burns can be treated | ||
| call center, call centre a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) | ||
| community center, civic center a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities | ||
| conference center, conference house a center where conferences can be conducted | ||
| control center the operational center for a group of related activities; "the general in command never left the control center" | ||
| research center, research facility a center where research is done | ||
| service club a recreational center for servicemen | ||
| settlement house a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services | ||
| centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" | ||
| center, nerve center, nerve centre | ||
| neural structure a structure that is part of the nervous system | ||
| auditory center the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve | ||
| olfactory brain, rhinencephalon a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior | ||
| broca's area, broca's center, broca's convolution, broca's gyrus, convolution of broca the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people | ||
| wernicke's area, wernicke's center the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people | ||
| superior colliculus an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex | ||
| inferior colliculus an essential auditory center in the midbrain | ||
| centre - the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party" | ||
| center, center of attention, centre of attention | ||
| object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" | ||
| conversation piece something interesting that stimulates conversation | ||
| crosshairs a center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs" | ||
| cynosure something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice" | ||
| centre - a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" | ||
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| property, place any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" | ||
| nerve center, nerve centre a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam" | ||
| centre - the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | ||
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| confection, sweet the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | ||