 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Centre
noun
1: a low-lying region in central France
2: 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}, {middle}, {heart}, {eye}]
3: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the
extremities of a figure [syn: {center}, {midpoint}]
4: a place where some particular activity is concentrated;
"they received messages from several centers" [syn: {center}]
5: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is
enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn: {center}]
6: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily
process; "in most people the speech center is in the left
hemisphere" [syn: {center}, {nerve center}, {nerve centre}]
7: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were
raising money to build a new center for research" [syn: {center}]
verb
1: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not
centered" [syn: {center}]
2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {concentrate}, {focus},
{center}, {pore}, {rivet}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
centre \cen"tre\, noun & v.
See {Center}. [chiefly British]
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\, verb (used with an object)
1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
--Milton.
2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.
Thy joys are centered all in me alone. --Prior.
3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception
of a center.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Centered} or {Centred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centering} or
{Centring}.]
1. To be placed in a center; to be central.
2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest
on, or gather about, as a center.
Where there is no visible truth wherein to center,
error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More.
Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Centre, AL (city, FIPS 13648)
Location: 34.15302 N, 85.67173 W
Population (1990): 2893 (1254 housing units)
Area: 28.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35960
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Centre, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 3216
Housing Units (2000): 1515
Land area (2000): 10.968141 sq. miles (28.407354 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.105972 sq. miles (0.274466 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.074113 sq. miles (28.681820 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13648
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 34.159181 N, 85.674742 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35960
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Centre, AL
Centre
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Centre -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 135758
Housing Units (2000): 53161
Land area (2000): 1107.533150 sq. miles (2868.497568 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.317701 sq. miles (11.182795 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1111.850851 sq. miles (2879.680363 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.887275 N, 77.834459 W
Headwords:
Centre
Centre, PA
Centre County
Centre County, PA
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