center vs track

center

noun
  • A pass played into the centre of the pitch. 

  • A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles. 

  • The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges. 

  • One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. 

  • The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates. 

  • The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G. 

  • The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. 

  • The point on a line that is midway between the ends. 

  • The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. 

  • A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive. 

  • A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity. 

  • The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties. 

  • 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. 

  • 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). 

  • The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated. 

  • The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs. 

  • The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket. 

  • The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play. 

  • One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre. 

  • A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. 

adj
  • Of, at, or related to a center. 

verb
  • To give (something) a central basis. 

  • To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something). 

  • To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area. 

  • To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. 

  • To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes. 

track

noun
  • The pitch. 

  • A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. 

  • The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree. 

  • Physical course; way. 

  • The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. 

  • A road or other similar beaten path. 

  • The direction and progress of someone or something; path. 

  • Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring. 

  • A tract or area, such as of land. 

  • A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence. 

  • The street, as a prostitute's place of work. 

  • A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors. 

  • A themed set of talks within a conference. 

  • A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal. 

  • The way or rails along which a train moves. 

  • Sound stored on a record. 

  • The physical track on a record. 

  • A mark left by something that has passed along. 

  • The racing events of track and field; track and field in general. 

verb
  • To create music using tracker software. 

  • To make sense; to be consistent with known information 

  • To monitor the movement of a person or object. 

  • To traverse; to move across. 

  • To create a musical recording (a track). 

  • To exhibit good cognitive function. 

  • To discover the location of a person or object by following traces. 

  • To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks. 

  • To tow. 

  • To match the movement or change of a person or object. 

  • To travel so that a moving object remains in shot. 

  • To follow the tracks of. 

  • To move. 

  • To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time. 

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