Center

Center or centre may refer to:

Mathematics and science

• Centre (geometry), the middle of an object
• Center (algebra), uses of "center" in algebra
• Centroid, geometric center
• Center of mass
• Center (group theory), in abstract algebra, the subgroup consisting of those elements which commute with all other elements
• Center of symmetry, in geometry, a point that is well-distant from the boundary of a figure
• Graph center, the vertices in a graph that minimize the maximal distance from all other vertices
• Center of gravity (military)

Sports

• Center (American football), a position in American and Canadian football
• Centre (Australian rules football), a position in Australian football
• Centre Back, a position in association football
• Center (basketball), a position in basketball
• Centre forward (also known as Striker), a position in association football and Water Polo
• Centre (ice hockey), a position in ice hockey
• Centre (rugby league), a position in rugby league
• Centre (rugby union), a position in rugby union
• Center fielder, often called "center", a position in baseball

Places

• Downtown, or center
• Central business district

Place names spelled Center

• Center, Celje, Slovenia, a neighbourhood
• Center, Maribor, Slovenia, a district
• Center, Colorado, United States, a city
• Center, Indiana, United States, a town
• Center, Jay County, Indiana, United States
• Center, Kentucky, United States, a town
• Center, Missouri, United States, a city
• Center, Nebraska, United States, a village
• Center, North Dakota, United States, a city
• Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, a town
• Center, Portland, Oregon, United States, a neighborhood
• Center, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, a town
• Center, Texas, United States, a city
• Center, Washington

Place names spelled Centre

• Centre, Alabama, United States, a city
• Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Centre (French region), an administrative region in France
• Centru (development region), a region in Romania
• Centre Department, an administrative region in Haiti
• Centre Region (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
• "The Centre", sixth episode of the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Web Planet

Education

• Centre College, a liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States
• Yields Learning Centre, a learning centre for primary and secondary school students in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong

Other

• Area Control Center, an Air Traffic Control facility covering a large region of airspace not associated with a particular airport
• The Center, a paranormal organization in the Martin Mystery series
• Centers (Fourth Way), a human biological, psychological and spiritual nexus of energy process, equivalent to the concept of a Chakra
• Centrism, the middle ground between the left wing and the right wing
• Civic center
• Community centre
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, a New York City non-profit organization commonly known as the Center
• Cultural center
• Lathe center, used in machining operations
• Social center

See also

• Center Township (disambiguation)
• Central (disambiguation)
• Centre Party (disambiguation)
• The Center, New Mexico, or The Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation
• The Centre (disambiguation)