Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
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Center (geometry)
In geometry, a centre (or center; ) of an shape, object is a point (geometry), point in some sense in the middle of the object. According to the specific definition of center taken into consideration, an object might have no center. If geometry ...
, the middle of an object
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Center (algebra), used in various contexts
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Center (group theory)
In abstract algebra, the center of a group, , is the set of elements that commute with every element of . It is denoted , from German '' Zentrum,'' meaning ''center''. In set-builder notation,
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The center is a normal subgroup, . As a sub ...
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Center (ring theory)
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Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity
Places
United States
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Centre, Alabama
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Center, Colorado
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Center, Georgia
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Center, Indiana
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Center, Jay County, Indiana
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Center, Warrick County, Indiana
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Center, Kentucky
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Center, Missouri
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Center, Nebraska
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Center, North Dakota
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Centre County, Pennsylvania
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Center, Portland, Oregon
North Tabor Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, United States, is on the east side of the Willamette River on the northern slope of Mount Tabor. The Banfield Expressway ( Interstate 84) forms its northern boundary, separating it from the Hollywood ...
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Center, Texas
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Center, Washington
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Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
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Center, Rock County, Wisconsin
Center is a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,005 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Center is in the town. The ghost town of Fellows was also located in the town.
Geography
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Center (community), Wisconsin
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Center Township (disambiguation)
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Centre Township (disambiguation)
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Centre Avenue (disambiguation)
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Center Hill (disambiguation)
Other countries
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Centre region, Hainaut
The Centre or the Région du Centre is a region within the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the Sillon industriel or industrial centre of Belgium.
It is located between the cities of Mons (the Borinage), Charleroi and Thu ...
, Belgium
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Centre Region, Burkina Faso
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Centre Region (Cameroon)
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Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...
, formerly Centre, France
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Centre (department), Haiti
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Centre Department (Ivory Coast)
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Centre (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)
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Centru (development region) (Centre), Romania
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Center, Celje, Slovenia
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Center District, Ljubljana
The Center District ( sl, Četrtna skupnost Center), or simply the Center, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana in the centre of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It has an area of about .
The district's major thoroughfares are ...
, Slovenia
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Center District, Maribor, Slovenia
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Centre, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Sports
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Center (gridiron football)
Center or Centre (C) is a position in gridiron football. The center is the innermost Lineman (American football), lineman of the offensive line on a football team's Offense (sports), offense. The center is also the player who passes (or "Snap (gr ...
, a position in American and Canadian football
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Centre (Australian rules football), a position on the Centre line
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Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength an ...
, a position
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Centre (ice hockey), a position
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Center (rugby league), a position
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Center (rugby union), a position
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Center fielder
A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball and softball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the c ...
, often called "center", a position in baseball
Other uses
* The Centre, a shorthand term for the central
Government of India
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Centrism
Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the l ...
, the political middle ground between the left wing and the right wing
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The Center (political party), a political party in Switzerland
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Center (band), a Russian-speaking band
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Center (HTML element), coded with
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Centre Academy East Anglia, an independent special school in Brettenham, Suffolk, England
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Centre College, a liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States
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Centre Radio, a former British radio station
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Centers (Fourth Way), in G.I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teaching
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Area control center, or center, in air traffic control
See also
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Central (disambiguation)
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Center High School (disambiguation)
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Centre Party (disambiguation)
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The Centre (disambiguation)
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City centre
A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely equivalent terms exist in other languages, such as "" in Fren ...
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Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
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Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
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