rotation
rotary motion | the act of rotating as if on an axis, the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music |
axis
axis of rotation | the center around which something rotates |
bullpen
detention cell
detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
call center
call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center
centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit
centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
plaza mall center shopping mall
shopping center
shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
| rotation | a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.), crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil, the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation |
dead center
dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
center of curvature
centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
center
centre
nerve center
nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process, in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere |
center centre center of attention
centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
kernel
substance core
center
centre
essence
gist
heart heart and soul
inwardness marrow
meat
nub
pith
sum
nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
center spread
centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
rotation
revolution
gyration | a single complete turn (axial or orbital), the plane made three rotations before it crashed, the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year |
dextrorotation
clockwise rotation | rotation to the right |
levorotation
counterclockwise rotation | rotation to the left |
axial rotation
axial motion
roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis, wheels in axial rotation |
orbital rotation
orbital motion | motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point, satellites in orbital rotation |
center
centre | the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
| center centre | a place where some particular activity is concentrated, they received messages from several centers |
nerve center
nerve centre | a center that provides information and control, the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam |
center
centre
midpoint | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
center of buoyancy
centre of buoyancy
center of immersion
centre of immersion | (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object |
center of gravity
centre of gravity | the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act, in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass |
center of flotation
centre of flotation | the center of gravity of a floating object |
center of mass
centre of mass | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body |
center centre middle
heart
eye | an area that is approximately central within some larger region, it is in the center of town, they ran forward into the heart of the struggle, they were in the eye of the storm |
center stage
centre stage | the central area on a theater stage |
city center
city centre
central city | the central part of a city |
storm center
storm centre | the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm |
| Centre | a low-lying region in central France |
| rotation | (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin |
center stage
centre stage | a position of prominence or importance |
storm center
storm centre | a center of trouble or disturbance |
concentrate
focus
center
centre
pore
rivet | direct one's attention on something, Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies |
center
centre | move into the center, That vase in the picture is not centered |