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center
(mass) | center
- stred |
center
(encz) | center,střed n: [amer.] |
center
(gcide) | center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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Center
(gcide) | Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Centered or Centred (s[e^]n"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Centering or Centring.]
1. To be placed in a center; to be central.
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2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest
on, or gather about, as a center.
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Where there is no visible truth wherein to center,
error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More.
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Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden.
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Center
(gcide) | Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\, v. t.
1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
--Milton.
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2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.
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Thy joys are centered all in me alone. --Prior.
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3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception
of a center.
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center
(wn) | center
adj 1: equally distant from the extremes [syn: center(a),
halfway, middle(a), midway]
2: of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically
or intellectually [ant: left, right]
n 1: 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]
2: the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the
catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center" [syn: {center
field}, centerfield, center]
3: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were
raising money to build a new center for research" [syn:
center, centre]
4: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the
extremities of a figure [syn: center, centre, midpoint]
5: 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}]
6: 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]
7: 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]
8: the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to
reinforce the center"
9: (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
10: (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]
11: a place where some particular activity is concentrated;
"they received messages from several centers" [syn:
center, centre]
12: politically moderate persons; centrists
13: (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
14: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is
enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn: center,
centre]
15: 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]
16: the position on a hockey team of the player who participates
in the face off at the beginning of the game
17: (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"
18: a position on a basketball team of the player who
participates in the jump that starts the game
v 1: 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]
2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate,
focus, center, centre, pore, rivet]
3: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not
centered" [syn: center, centre] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
center
(mass) | center
- stred |
centered
(mass) | centered
- vystredený |
centering
(mass) | centering
- centrovanie |
clientcentered
(mass) | client-centered
- zamerané na klienta |
leftofcenter
(mass) | left-of-center
- stredoľavý |
selfcentered
(mass) | self-centered
- egocentrický |
center
(encz) | center,střed n: [amer.] |
center bit
(encz) | center bit, n: |
center field
(encz) | center field, n: |
center fielder
(encz) | center fielder, n: |
center for latin american monetary studies
(encz) | Center for Latin American Monetary Studies, |
center line
(encz) | center line, n: |
center of attention
(encz) | center of attention, n: |
center of buoyancy
(encz) | center of buoyancy, n: |
center of curvature
(encz) | center of curvature, n: |
center of flotation
(encz) | center of flotation, n: |
center of gravity
(encz) | center of gravity, |
center of immersion
(encz) | center of immersion, n: |
center of mass
(encz) | center of mass, n: |
center on
(encz) | center on, v: |
center pivot irrigation machine
(encz) | center pivot irrigation machine,zavlažovač s pivotem [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
center punch
(encz) | center punch, v: |
center spread
(encz) | center spread, n: |
center stage
(encz) | center stage, n: |
center-fire
(encz) | center-fire, |
centerboard
(encz) | centerboard, |
centered
(encz) | centered,soustředěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
centerfielder
(encz) | centerfielder, n: |
centerfold
(encz) | centerfold,prostřední dvojstrana Zdeněk Brož |
centering
(encz) | centering,centrování n: Zdeněk Brožcentering,centrující adj: Zdeněk Brožcentering,vystředění n: Zdeněk Brož |
centerline
(encz) | centerline,osa n: Zdeněk Brož |
centerpiece
(encz) | centerpiece,dekorace středu Martin M.centerpiece,ozdoba Martin M. |
city center
(encz) | city center, n: |
civic center
(encz) | civic center, n: |
client-centered therapy
(encz) | client-centered therapy, n: |
community center
(encz) | community center, n: |
concenter
(encz) | concenter, v: |
conference center
(encz) | conference center, n: |
control center
(encz) | control center, n: |
cost center
(encz) | cost center,nákladové středisko n: Ivan Masár |
day care center
(encz) | day care center, |
dead center
(encz) | dead center, n: |
entertainment center
(encz) | entertainment center, n: |
environment liaison center
(encz) | Environment Liaison Center,ELC Environment Liaison Center [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel PiskačEnvironment Liaison Center,Environment Liaison Center ELC [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
epicenter
(encz) | epicenter,epicentrum Zdeněk Brož |
financial center
(encz) | financial center, n: |
four-centered arch
(encz) | four-centered arch, n: |
human-centered
(encz) | human-centered, adj: |
hundred-percenter
(encz) | hundred-percenter, n: |
left-of-center
(encz) | left-of-center, adj: |
medical center
(encz) | medical center, n: |
metacenter
(encz) | metacenter, n: |
municipal center
(encz) | municipal center, n: |
nerve center
(encz) | nerve center,nervové centrum |
off-center
(encz) | off-center, adj: |
off-centered
(encz) | off-centered, adj: |
offshore banking center
(encz) | offshore banking center, |
placement center
(encz) | placement center, n: |
research center
(encz) | research center, n: |
respiratory center
(encz) | respiratory center, n: |
self-centered
(encz) | self-centered,sobecký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
self-centeredness
(encz) | self-centeredness, |
shopping center
(encz) | shopping center,nákupní středisko shopping center,obchodní dům Zdeněk Brož |
storm center
(encz) | storm center, n: |
student center
(encz) | student center, n: |
three-centered arch
(encz) | three-centered arch, n: |
transshipment center
(encz) | transshipment center, n: |
urban center
(encz) | urban center, n: |
air force center for environmental excellence
(czen) | Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence,AFCEE[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
air force space forcasting center
(czen) | Air Force Space Forcasting Center,AFSFC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
air force technical applications center
(czen) | Air Force Technical Applications Center,AFTAC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
air logistics center
(czen) | Air Logistics Center,ALCn: [zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
arnold engineering development center
(czen) | Arnold Engineering Development Center,AEDC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
center technology council
(czen) | Center Technology Council,CTC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
combined intelligence center
(czen) | Combined Intelligence Center,CINC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
elc environment liaison center
(czen) | ELC Environment Liaison Center,Environment Liaison Center[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
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