Noun

(wikipedia town) (en noun)

A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.

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Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.

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A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

The residents (as opposed to (gown): the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.

(label) (Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion).

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(label) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.

(label) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.

(label) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.

(label) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.

(Palsgrave)

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Noun

(en noun)

The point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

* 1908 , , translating Euclid, Elements , III.9:

If a point be taken within a circle, and more than two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, the point taken is the centre of the circle.

* 2005 , David Adam, The Guardian , 4 Jun 2005:

Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.

The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.

(geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.

(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).

A place where some function or activity occurs.

shopping center

convention center

A topic that is particularly important in a given context.

the center of the controversy

the center of attention

(basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.

(ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.

(American football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.

(Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.

(netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.

(soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.

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(rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.

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(architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

(engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.

(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.