plural of youth custody centre

plural of youth detention centre

(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

(aeronautics) That point on an aircraft where all the various lifting forces act. If the centre or lift is not coincident with the centre of gravity on the fore/aft axis, the plane will pitch, if not coincident on the lateral axis, it will roll.