Definition of center

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Center (n.) 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 point or place..

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Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..
Orthocenter :: Orthocenter (n.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect..
Cinter :: Cinter (n.) See Center.
Unicentral :: Unicentral (a.) Having a single center of growth.
Inhibitory :: Inhibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center..
Centrolecithal :: Centrolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal..
Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.
Geocentrical :: Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the center of the earth.
Rush :: Rush (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush..
Centering :: Centering (n.) Same as Center, n., 6..
Peripheral :: Peripheral (a.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system..
Tye :: Tye (n.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered..
Centerboard :: Centerboard (n.) Alt. of Centreboar.
Abeam :: Abeam (adv.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side..
Yardarm :: Yardarm (n.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end..
Centroid :: Centroid (n.) The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies..
Centrality :: Centrality (n.) The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
Heart :: Heart (v. i.) To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage..
Circinate :: Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns..
Evection :: Evection () An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1ยก 20'..
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