Meaning

noun a low-lying region in central France

noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region

noun a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

originFrom Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.

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