Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 34
Centre (v. t.) (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. Centerbit.
Center (a.) Equally distant from the extremes [syn: {center(a)}, {halfway}, {middle(a)}, {midway}].
Center (a.) Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually [ant: {left}, {right}].
Center (n.) 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}]
Center (n.) The piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center" [syn: {center field}, {centerfield}, {center}].
Center (n.) A building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" [syn: {center}, {centre}].
Center (n.) A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure [syn: {center}, {centre}, {midpoint}].
Center (n.) 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}].
Center (n.) 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}].
Center (n.) 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}].
Center (n.) The middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center".
Center (n.) (Basketball) The person who plays center on a basketball team.
Center (n.) (Football) The person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff" [syn: {center}, {snapper}].
Center (n.) A place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" [syn: {center}, {centre}].
Center (n.) Politically moderate persons; centrists.
Center (n.) (Ice hockey) The person who plays center on a hockey team.
Center (n.) The sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn: {center}, {centre}].
Center (n.) Mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls" [syn: {plaza}, {mall}, {center}, {shopping mall}, {shopping center}, {shopping centre}].
Center (n.) The position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game.
Center (n.) (American football) The position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play; "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback".
Center (n.) A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game.
Center (v.) Center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" [syn: {focus on}, {center on}, {revolve around}, {revolve about}, {concentrate on}, {center}].
Center (v.) Direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {concentrate}, {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {pore}, {rivet}].
Center (v.) Move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" [syn: {center}, {centre}].
Center, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 90
Housing Units (2000): 49
Land area (2000): 0.107139 sq. miles (0.277488 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.107139 sq. miles (0.277488 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08360
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.608910 N, 97.876224 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68724
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Center, NE
Center
Center, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 2392
Housing Units (2000): 848
Land area (2000): 0.838020 sq. miles (2.170463 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.838020 sq. miles (2.170463 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12855
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 37.752862 N, 106.110483 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81125
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Center, CO
Center
Center, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 678
Housing Units (2000): 310
Land area (2000): 0.388800 sq. miles (1.006987 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.388800 sq. miles (1.006987 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13180
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 47.114928 N, 101.300361 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Center, ND
Center
Center, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 5678
Housing Units (2000): 2290
Land area (2000): 6.232461 sq. miles (16.141999 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012825 sq. miles (0.033217 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.245286 sq. miles (16.175216 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13732
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.793705 N, 94.178463 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75935
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Center, TX
Center
Center, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 644
Housing Units (2000): 309
Land area (2000): 0.397189 sq. miles (1.028714 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.397189 sq. miles (1.028714 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12592
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.509267 N, 91.528566 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 63436
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Center, MO
Center
Centerbit (n.) Alt. of Centrebit.
Centrebit (n.) An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See {Bit}, n., 3. Centerboard
Centerboard (n.) Alt. of Centreboard.
Centerboard (n.) (Naut.) A retractable or sliding keel used on sailboats, formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.
Syn: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel.
Centreboard (n.) A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward [syn: {centerboard}, {centreboard}, {drop keel}, {sliding keel}].
Compare: Cartridge
Cartridge (n.) (Mil.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.
Ball cartridge, A cartridge containing a projectile.
Blank cartridge, A cartridge without a projectile.
Center-fire cartridge, A cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet.
Rim-fire cartridge, A cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base.
Cartridge bag, A bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon.
Cartridge belt, A belt having pockets for cartridges.
Cartridge box, A case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges.
Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges.
Cartridge paper. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.
Centerfire cartridge () See under Cartridge.
Centering (n.) (Arch.) Same as {Center}, n., 6. [Written also {centring}.] Centerpiece.
Centering (n.) The concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" [syn: {focus}, {focusing}, {focussing}, {focal point}, {direction}, {centering}].
Centering (n.) (American football) Putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" [syn: {centering}, {snap}].
Centerpiece (n.) Alt. of Centrepiece.
Centrepiece (n.) 【建】放在餐桌中央的擺飾；在正中央的東西 An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.
Centrepiece (n.) Specifically: An arrangement of flowers placed in the center of a table as an ornament while dining.
Centrepiece (n.) The central or most important feature of an activity, plan, or object; as, the centerpiece of her campaign was a proposal to slash taxes. Center punch
Centrepiece (n.) The central or most important feature; "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform" [syn: {centerpiece}, {centrepiece}].
Centrepiece (n.) Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) [syn: {centerpiece}, {centrepiece}]
Centesimal (a.) Hundredth.
Centesimal (n.) A hundredth part.
Centesimation (n.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
Centesm (n.) Hundredth.
-mi (n. pl. ) of Centesimo.
Centesimo (n.) A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.
Centiare (n.) See centare.
Centicipitous (a.) Hundred-headed.
Centifidous (a.) Divided into a hundred parts.
Centifolious (a.) Having a hundred leaves.
Centigrade (a.) Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts.
Centigrade (a.) Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10?centigrade (or 10?C.).
Centigram (n.) Alt. of Centigramme.
Centigramme (n.) The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.
Centiliter (n.) Alt. of Centilitre.
Centilitre (n.) The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.
Centiloquy (n.) A work divided into a hundred parts.
Centime (n.) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.
Centimeter (n.) Alt. of Centimetre.
Centimetre (n.) The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.
Centinel (n.) Sentinel.
Centinody (n.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass.
Centipede (n.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet.
Centipede (n.) [ C ] 蜈蚣，百足蟲 A small, long, thin animal with many legs.
Centistere (n.) The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.
Centner (n.) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.
Centner (n.) The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.
Centos (n. pl. ) of Cento.
Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Centonism (n.) The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.
Central (a.) Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.
Central (n.) Alt. of Centrale.
Centrale (n.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.
Centralism (n.) The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.
Centralism (n.) The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.
Centralities (n. pl. ) of Centrality.
Centrality (n.) 中心，中央，向心性 The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
Centrality (n.) The property of being central [ant: {marginality}].
Centralization (n.) 集中，中央集權化 The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.
Centralization (n.) The act of consolidating power under a central control [syn: {centralization}, {centralisation}] [ant: {decentralisation}, {decentralization}].
Centralization (n.) Gathering to a center [syn: {centralization}, {centralisation}].
Centralized (imp. & p. p.) of Centralize.
Centralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Centralize.
Centralize (v. t.) 集聚，集中，施行中央集權 To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
Centralize (v.) Make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" [syn: {centralize}, {centralise}, {concentrate}] [ant: {decentralise}, {decentralize}, {deconcentrate}].
Centrally (adv.) 在中心，在中央 In a central manner or situation.
Centre (n. & v.) See Center.
Centric (a.) Alt. of Centrical.
Centrical (a.) Placed in the center or middle; central.
Centricity (n.) The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.
Centrifugal (a.) 離心的 Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
Centrifugal (a.) (Bot.) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
Centrifugal (a.) (Bot.) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
{Centrifugal force} (Mech.), A force whose direction is from a center.
Note: When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a force must act on the body to keep it in the circle without change of velocity. The direction of this force is towards the center of the circle. If this force is applied by means of a string to the body, the string will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the other end of the string, this tension will appear to be directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency to move away from the center of the circle which it is describing. Hence this latter force is often called centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the body being directed towards the center of the circle is called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely the different aspects of the same stress. -- Clerk Maxwell.
{Centrifugal impression} (Physiol.), An impression (motor) sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles by which motion is produced.
{Centrifugal machine}, A machine for expelling water or other fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling table.
{Centrifugal pump}, A machine in which water or other fluid is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case. Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this kind.
Centrifugal (n.) A centrifugal machine.
Centrifugal (a.) Tending to move away from a center; "centrifugal force" [ant: {centripetal}].
Centrifugal (a.) Tending away from centralization, as of authority; "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever- increasing centrifugal stress".
Centrifugal (a.) Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves" [syn: {centrifugal}, {motor(a)}].
Centrifugal (a.) Tending to move away from a center; "centrifugal force" [ant: {centripetal}].
Centrifugal (a.) Tending away from centralization, as of authority; "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever- increasing centrifugal stress".
Centrifugal (a.) Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves" [syn: {centrifugal}, {motor(a)}].
Centrifugence (n.) The property or quality of being centrifugal.
Centring (n.) See Centring.
Centripetal (a.) 向心性的；向心的 Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
Centripetal (a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
Centripetal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
Centripetal (a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
Centripetence (n.) Centripetency.
Centripetency (n.) Tendency toward the center.
Centriscoid (a.) (Zool.) Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.
Centrobaric (a.) Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it.
Centrobaric method (Math.), A process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle that every figure formed by the revolution of a line or surface about such an axis has for measure the product of the line or surface by the length of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes called theorem of Pappus, also, incorrectly, Guldinus's properties. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.
Centrode (n.) (Kinematics) In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center.
Centroid (n.) The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.
Centroid (n.) The center of mass of an object of uniform density.
Centrolecithal (a.) (Biol.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal. -- Balfour.
Centrolinead (n.) An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.
Centrolineal (a.) Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.
Centrosome (n.) (Biol.) 【生】（細胞之）中心小體；中央體 A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
Centrosome (n.) Small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules [syn: {centrosome}, {central body}].
Centrostaltic (a.) A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center. -- Marshall Hall.
Centrums (n. pl. ) of Centrum.
Centra (n. pl. ) of Centrum.
Centrum (n.) (Anat.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See {Vertebra}.
Centrum (n.) The main body of a vertebra.
Centry (n.) See {Sentry}. [Obs.] -- Gray.
Centumviri (n. pl. ) of Centumvir.
Centumvir (n.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
Centumviral (a.) Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.
Centumvirate (n.) The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.
Centuple (a.) Hundredfold.
Centuple (v. t.) To increase a hundredfold.
Centuplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Centuplicate.
Centuplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Centuplicate.
Centuplicate (a.) 加百倍；印百份 To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] -- Howell.
Centurial (a.) Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon. [R.]
Centuriate (a.) Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. [R.] -- Holland.
Centuriate (v. t.) To divide into hundreds. [Obs.]
Centuriator (n.) Alt. of Centurist.
Centurist (n.) An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the "Magdeburg Centuries." See under {Century}. [R.]
Centurion (n.) 百夫長 A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.
A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. -- Acts x. 1.
Centurion (n.) (Ancient Rome) The leader of 100 soldiers
Centuries (n. pl. ) of Century.
Century (n.) A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic.]
And on it said a century of prayers. -- Shak.
Century (n.) A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.
Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive years (as, a century of temperance work), usually signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting of a period of one hundred years ending with the hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first century ({a}. {d}. 1-100 inclusive); the seventh century ({a}.{d}. 601-700); the eighteenth century ({a}.{d}. 1701-1800). With words or phrases connecting it with some other system of chronology it is used of similar division of those eras; as, the first century of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100).
Century (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.
Century (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
{Century plant} (Bot.), The {Agave Americana}, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the name. See {Agave}.
{The Magdeburg Centuries}, An ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.
Century (n.) A period of 100 years.
Century (n.) Ten 10s [syn: {hundred}, {100}, {C}, {century}, {one C}].
Century (n.) Civil law. One hundred. The Roman people were divided into centuries. In England they were divided into hundreds. Vide Hundred. Century also means one hundred years.
Cepevorous (a.) Feeding upon onions. [R.] -- Sterling.