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 |
dumb bomb
gravity bomb | a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target |
| gravimeter gravity meter | a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth |
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 |
graveness
gravity
sobriety soberness
somberness
sombreness | a manner that is serious and solemn |
| specific gravity | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
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 |
theory of gravitation
theory of gravity
gravitational theory
Newton's theory of gravitation | (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them |
center spread
centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
gravity wave
gravitation wave | (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light |
gravity
solemnity | a solemn and dignified feeling |
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 |
normal fault
gravity fault
common fault | an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall |
gravity
gravitation
gravitational attraction
gravitational force | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe, especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface, the more remote the body the less the gravity, the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love--Albert Einstein |
| solar gravity | the gravity of the sun, solar gravity creates extreme pressures and temperatures |
| gravity-assist | (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field |
| gravity gradient | a gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object, the gravity gradient of the moon causes the ocean tides on Earth |
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 |