Center

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Template:Wiktionary Template:Tocright Center or Centre (see spelling differences) may refer to:

Contents 1 Mathematics 2 Politics and society 3 Places 4 Arts 5 Other usages 6 See also

Mathematics

• Center of symmetry, In geometry a point that is well-distant from the boundary of a figure
• Centre of a group, in abstract algebra is the subgroup consisting of those elements which commute with all other elements
• Center (algebra),

Politics and society

• The centre of power in a country
• Major social or political movements often have one or more centers or headquarters
• Centrism, is the middle ground between the left wing and the right wing

Places

• Centre, France
• Center, Colorado, United States
• Center, Missouri, United States
• Center, Nebraska, United States
• Center, North Dakota, United States
• Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States
• Center, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
• Center, Texas, United States

Arts

• In music, in tonal music the central or most important pitch is the tonic, while in atonal music a pitch which acts referentially or the centre of an interval cycle is a pitch centre.
• Centre College, a liberal arts college in Danville, KY, US
• Center (music band), a famous Russian-speaking band

Other usages

• The standard name given to a position on the field in several sports
• In India, the Center refers to federal (all-India) politics at New Delhi
• In chess, the center refers to either the central four squares (d4,e4,d5,e5) or the central 16 squares (c3-c6,d3-d6,e3-e6,f3-f6), which are strategically important in all phases of the game
• Lathe center, is used in machining operations
• A center can also mean a department within a hospital or other public service building
• A center can also be a building or group of buildings dedicated to a particular purpose
• Center (Fourth Way), a human biological, psychological and spiritual nexus of energy process, equivalent to the concept of a Chakra
• A Center can also be a position in American and Canadian rules football
• A center is a position in basketball and hockey.
• To center content on Wikipedia, use the code <center> and </center>

See also

• Center of gravity
• Central
• Center Party

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