Centre

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
        [1913 Webster] Center

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  centre \cen"tre\, n. & v.
     See {Center}. [chiefly British]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Centre
       n 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}]
       v 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 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 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
  

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