центр — meaning in English

English meaning

• center noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
• centre noun UK, Canadian, Australian, and Irish spelling of center — the middle point of something, or a building used for a specific purpose.
• core noun The central or most essential part of something.
• downtown noun A city's central business and shopping district.
• headquarters noun An organization's main office, from which its operations or leadership are run.
• metropolis noun A very large, busy city, especially the main city of a region or country.
• nucleus noun The central, positively charged part of an atom, made of protons and neutrons.

Senses

центр is used for these senses in English:

• Centre A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
• 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 A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
• center (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
• central business district The central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities.
• 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.
• headquarters The center of an organization's operations or administration.

center — full definition

1. noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
2. noun A building or place set up for a particular activity or purpose.
3. noun The main topic, focus, or most important part of something.
4. noun In sports such as basketball, hockey, or football, a player positioned in the middle of the field or court.
5. noun The moderate political position, between left and right.

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