Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- The point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- 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.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
- (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.
- (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- (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.
Verbit
- (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Adjektiivit
- Of, at, or related to a center.
Esimerkit
- 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.
- 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.
- shopping center
- convention center
- the center of the controversy
- the center of attention
- Bent twice sent efforts wide of the far post after cutting in from the left, Wellbeck missed his kick from an inviting centre and failed to get on the end of a looping pass when six yards out.
- Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.
- Thy joys are centred all in me alone.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | centered |
| Imperfekti | centered |
| Partisiipin preesens | centering |
| Monikko | centers |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | centers |