center

center - noun

  • The point around which a circle or sphere is described
  • The center of the circle inscribed in a regular {dx_def}see {dxt|regular:1||3b}{/dx_def} polygon
  • A point, area, person, or thing that is most important or pivotal in relation to an indicated activity, interest, or condition
  • A source from which something originates
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"a railroad center"

center - thesaurus

Antonyms: perimeter, periphery

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Letter Values

C
6
E
5
N
15
T
21
E
5
R
21

Etymology

Latin

Middle English centre, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin centrum "point of the stationary leg of a pair of compasses, midpoint of a circle or sphere," borrowed from Greek kéntron "sting, goad, point, stationary point of a pair of compasses, midpoint of a circle or sphere," probably reshaping (after the base verb kenteîn) of késtron "toothed implement, name for several nettle-like plants," from kentéō, kenteîn "to sting, goad, prick" (going back to Indo-European *ḱent-, *ḱnt- "sting, prick," whence Old High German hantag "pointed," Latvian sīts "hunting spear") + -tron, suffix of instruments

Word family

centers, central, centered