Center

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Center or centre (see American and British English spelling differences) may refer to:

Science

• Centre (geometry), the middle of an object
• Center 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
• Geometric center
• Center of gravity (military)
• Center of mass

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
• Centre (rugby union), a position in rugby union
• Centre (rugby league), a position in rugby league
• Center fielder, often called "center", a position in baseball

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 an unambiguous local usage pronounced very differently between American and British English.in General

• Space CenterPlace names that must be spelled only as Center:
• Center, Colorado, United States, a city
• Center, Indiana, United States, a town
• Center, Kentucky, United States, a town
• Center, Missouri, United States, a city
• Center, Nebraska, United States, a city
• Center, North Dakota, United States, a city
• Center, Texas, United States, a city
• Center, Washington
• Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, a city
• Center, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, a city
• Center Township (disambiguation)Place names that must be spelled only as Centre:
• Centre (France), an administrative region
• Centre, Alabama, United States, a city
• Rockville Centre, New York, United States, a village
• Centre Province, Cameroon
• Centre Region, Burkina Faso

Arts

• Tonic (music), in tonal music, the central or most important pitch
• Center (music band), a famous Russian-speaking band

Education

• CGA (Advanced Management Centre), About ICT Schools in Andalusia (Spain)
• Centre College, a liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States

Other

• Centrism, in politics, the middle ground between the left wing and the right wing
• Lathe center, used in machining operations
• Centers (Fourth Way), a human biological, psychological and spiritual nexus of energy process, equivalent to the concept of a Chakra
• Center (direction), a concept in Chinese philosophy.
• The Center (organization), a paranormal organization in the Martin Mystery series.
• Centre Party
• Central

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