ALL meanings of centring
cen·tre
C c - noun centring a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction 3
- noun centring Present participle of centre. 1
- noun centring Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices. 1
- noun centring a point, pivot, axis, etc., around which anything rotates or revolves: The sun is the center of the solar system. 1
- noun centring the source of an influence, action, force, etc.: the center of a problem. 1
- noun centring a point, place, person, etc., upon which interest, emotion, etc., focuses: His family is the center of his life. 1
- noun centring a principal point, place, or object: a shipping center. 1
- noun centring a building or part of a building used as a meeting place for a particular group or having facilities for certain activities: a youth center; The company has a complete recreation center in the basement. 1
- noun centring an office or other facility providing a specific service or dealing with a particular emergency: a flood-relief center; a crisis center. 1
- noun centring a person, thing, group, etc., occupying the middle position, especially a body of troops. 1
- noun centring the core or middle of anything: chocolate candies with fruit centers. 1
- noun centring a store or establishment devoted to a particular subject or hobby, carrying supplies, materials, tools, and books as well as offering guidance and advice: a garden center; a nutrition center. 1
- noun centring shopping center. 1
- noun centring (usually initial capital letter) Government. the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that sits in the center of the chamber, a position customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold political views intermediate between those of the Right and Left. the members of such an assembly who sit in the Center. the political position of persons who hold moderate views. politically moderate persons, taken collectively; Centrists; middle-of-the-roaders: Unfortunately, his homeland has always lacked a responsible Center. 1
- noun centring Football. a lineman who occupies a position in the middle of the line and who puts the ball into play by tossing it between his legs to a back. the position played by this lineman. 1
- noun centring Basketball. a player who participates in a center jump. the position of the player in the center of the court, where the center jump takes place at the beginning of play. 1
- noun centring Ice Hockey. a player who participates in a face-off at the beginning of play. 1
- noun centring Baseball. center field. 1
- noun centring Physiology. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific organic process: the vasomotor center. 1
- noun centring Mathematics. the mean position of a figure or system. the set of elements of a group that commute with every element of the group. 1
- noun centring Machinery. a tapered rod, mounted in the headstock spindle (live center) or the tailstock spindle (dead center) of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed. one of two similar points on some other machine, as a planing machine, enabling an object to be turned on its axis. a tapered indentation, in a piece to be turned on a lathe, into which a center is fitted. 1
- verb with object centring to place in or on a center: She centered the clock on the mantelpiece. 1
- verb with object centring to collect to or around a center; focus: He centered his novel on the Civil War. 1
- verb with object centring to determine or mark the center of: A small brass star centered the tabletop. 1
- verb with object centring to adjust, shape, or modify (an object, part, etc.) so that its axis or the like is in a central or normal position: to center the lens of a telescope; to center the work on a lathe. 1
- verb with object centring to place (an object, part, etc.) so as to be equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas. 1
- verb with object centring Football. snap (def 21). 1
- verb with object centring to pass (a basketball, hockey puck, etc.) from any place along the periphery toward the middle of the playing area. 1
- verb without object centring to be at or come to a center. 1
- verb without object centring to come to a focus; converge; concentrate (followed by at, about, around, in, or on): The interest of the book centers specifically on the character of the eccentric hero. Political power in the town centers in the position of mayor. 1
- verb without object centring to gather or accumulate in a cluster; collect (followed by at, about, around, in, or on): Shops and municipal buildings center around the city square. 1
- idioms centring on center, from the centerline or midpoint of a structural member, an area of a plan, etc., to that of a similar member, area, etc.: The studs are set 30 inches on center. Abbreviation: o.c. 1
- noun centring a type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges. 0