keskusta — meaning in English
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English meaning
- center noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
- core noun The central or most essential part of something.
- downtown noun A city's central business and shopping district.
- middle noun The point or part equally distant from the edges, ends, or extremes of something.
- midst noun The middle part of something, whether a place, a group, or a situation.
Senses
keskusta is used for these senses in English:
- center (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- center (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- core The center or inner part of a space or area.
- downtown (chiefly, US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
- inner city (urban studies) The parts of a large city closer to its core, especially older, populous areas of low-income or immigrant families as opposed to centrally located commercial areas.
- middle A centre, midpoint.
- midst (often, literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.
- town centre (British spelling) The main commercial or business area of a town, containing the principal shops, banks, restaurants and public traffic hub.
center — full definition
- noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
- noun A building or place set up for a particular activity or purpose.
- noun The main topic, focus, or most important part of something.
- noun In sports such as basketball, hockey, or football, a player positioned in the middle of the field or court.
- noun The moderate political position, between left and right.
core — full definition
- noun The central or most essential part of something.
- noun The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
- adj Forming the most important or fundamental part of something.
- verb To remove the core from a piece of fruit.