plural of centre

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centre

plural of centring

(UK, accounting, management) Alternative form of cost center

(soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper

(chemistry) An atom having a spatial arrangement of ligands which is not superposable on its mirror image

(mechanics) The point where a shear force can act without producing any twist in the section. In general not the centroid, but a point through which a force transverse to the axis of a beam section can act and not cause any twisting of the beam section.

(rare, dated) The centre of mass.

(mathematics, physics) A point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.

(Britain) Alternative spelling of dead center