Center (disambiguation)
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Center or Centre (see American and British English spelling differences) may refer to:
[edit] Mathematics
- Centre (geometry), the middle of an object
- Centre of symmetry, in geometry, a point that is well-distant from the boundary of a figure
- Center (group theory), in abstract algebra, the subgroup consisting of those elements which commute with all other elements
- Center (algebra), other uses of "center" in algebra
[edit] Sports
- Center (American football), a position in American and Canadian football
- Center (basketball), a position in basketball
- Centre (ice hockey), a position in ice hockey
[edit] Places
- Note that spelling differences for toponyms are not acceptable in both American and British usages, unless the place name is translated from a language not written with the Latin alphabet, or there is a unambiguous local usage pronounced very differently between American and British English.
Place names that must be spelled only as Center:
- Center, Colorado, United States, a city
- Center, Missouri, United States, a city
- Center, Nebraska, United States, a city
- Center, North Dakota, United States, a city
- Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, a city
- Center, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, a city
- Center, Texas, United States, a city
Place names that must be spelled only as Centre:
- Centre (France), an administrative region
- Centre, Alabama, United States, a city
- Centre College, a liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States
[edit] Arts
- Tonic (music), in tonal music, the central or most important pitch
- Center (music band), a famous Russian-speaking band
[edit] Other usages
- Centrism, in politics, the middle ground between the left wing and the right wing
- Lathe center, used in machining operations
- Centre (Fourth Way), a human biological, psychological and spiritual nexus of energy process, equivalent to the concept of a Chakra
- Centre (direction), a concept in Chinese philosophy.
- The Center (organization), a paranormal organization in the Martin Mystery series.
