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), 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) *

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, Jay County, Indiana *

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, North Dakota * Centre County, Pennsylvania *

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, 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, 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, Slovenia * Centre, Badalona, 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), 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), a position * Center (rugby league), 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 *

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), a political party in Switzerland * Center (band), a Russian-speaking band * Center (HTML element), coded with * Centre Academy East Anglia, 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 * Area control center, or center, in air traffic control

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