Center or centre may refer to:

Mathematics

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 *

Center (algebra) The term center or centre is used in various contexts in abstract algebra to denote the set of all those elements that commutative operation, commute with all other elements. * The center of a group ''G'' consists of all those elements ''x'' in ''G' ...

, used in various contexts **

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, :. The center is a normal subgroup, . As a sub ...

Center (ring theory) In algebra, the center of a ring ''R'' is the subring consisting of the elements ''x'' such that ''xy = yx'' for all elements ''y'' in ''R''. It is a commutative ring and is denoted as Z(R); "Z" stands for the German word ''Zentrum'', meaning "c ...

Graph center The center (or Jordan center Wasserman, Stanley, and Faust, Katherine (1994), ''Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications'', page 185. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ) of a graph is the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricit ...

, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity

Places

United States

* Centre, Alabama * Center, Colorado * Center, Georgia *

Center, Indiana Center (originally called Tampico) is an unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. Center is a suburb of Kokomo and is a part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Center was l ...

Center, Jay County, Indiana Center is an unincorporated community in Jay County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indian ...

Center, Warrick County, Indiana Center is an unincorporated community in Boon Township, Warrick County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 Stat ...

Center, Kentucky Center is an unincorporated community located in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. The community is part of the Glasgow Micropolitan Statistical Area Center is home to the former North Metcalfe Elementary, which was part of the Metcalfe ...

* Center, Missouri *

Center, Nebraska Center is a village in, and county seat of, Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census. History Center was platted in 1901. It was named from its location near the geographical center of Knox County. Center wa ...

* Center, North Dakota *

Centre County, Pennsylvania Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The lands ...

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 ...

* Center, Texas * Center, Washington *

Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin Center is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,622 as of the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Center Valley, Five Corners, Hamples Corner, Mackville, and Twelve Corners are located in the to ...

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 According to the Un ...

** Center (community), Wisconsin * Center Township (disambiguation) * Centre Township (disambiguation) * Centre Avenue (disambiguation) * Center Hill (disambiguation)

Other countries

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 * Centre Region, Burkina Faso * Centre Region (Cameroon) *

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 * Centre (department), Haiti * Centre Department (Ivory Coast) *

Centre (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency) Centre ( lb, Zentrum; french: Centre; german: Zentrum) is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of propo ...

* Centru (development region) (Centre), Romania *

Center, Celje Center is a district ( sl, mestna četrt) and the central neighborhood of the city of Celje in central-eastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central ...

, Slovenia *

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 *

Center District, Maribor The Center District (; sl, Mestna četrt Center) is the central district of the City Municipality of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It comprises the inner city area of the city of Maribor, including Main Square, the commercial streets, and Mari ...

, Slovenia *

Centre, Badalona Centre is the usual name for the central area of Badalona, a locality in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). It's located in the District 1 by the Mediterranean Sea, and is a commercial and residential area with good transportat ...

, Catalonia, Spain

Sports

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 *

Centre (Australian rules football) The Centre line refers to a set of positions on an Australian rules football field. It consists of 3 players, two on the wings (left and right), and one in the centre. Wing The two wingmen control the open spaces in the middle of the ground.Pas ...

, a position on the Centre line *

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 *

Centre (ice hockey) The centre (or center in the United States) in ice hockey is a forward (hockey), forward position of a player whose primary Hockey rink#Zones, zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards. Centres have more flexibility in thei ...

, a position *

Center (rugby league) A rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field, with 4 substitutes on the bench. Each of the thirteen players is assigned a position, normally with a standardised number, which reflects their role in attack and defence, although pl ...

, a position * Center (rugby union), a position *

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 The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...

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 *

The Center (political party) it, Giovani del Centro rm, Il Giuven Center , ideology = , position = , european = European People's Party (associate) , website = , colours = Orange , national = , seats1_title = ...

, a political party in Switzerland * Center (band), a Russian-speaking band *

Center (HTML element) An HTML element is a type of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others). The first used version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1993 ...

, coded with *

Centre Academy East Anglia Centre Academy East Anglia, formerly known as The Old Rectory School is an independent special school in Brettenham, Suffolk, England, founded in 1981. The school offers an educational opportunity for children with dyslexia, developmental coord ...

, an independent special school in Brettenham, Suffolk, England * Centre College, a liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States * Centre Radio, a former British radio station *

Centers (Fourth Way) In G.I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teaching, also known as The Work, centers or brains refer to separate apparatuses within a being that dictate its specific functions. According to this teaching, there are three main centers: intellectual, emotio ...

, in G.I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teaching * Area control center, or center, in air traffic control

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