Center or centre may refer to:

Mathematics

Center (geometry) In geometry, a centre (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or center (American English) () of an shape, object is a point (geometry), point in some sense in the middle of the object. According to the specific definiti ...

, the middle of an object *

Center (algebra) The term center or centre is used in various contexts in abstract algebra to denote the set of all those elements that commute with all other elements. * The center of a group ''G'' consists of all those elements ''x'' in ''G'' such that ''xg'' = ' ...

, used in various contexts **

Center (group theory) In abstract algebra, the center of a group (mathematics), group is the set (mathematics), set of elements that commutative, commute with every element of . It is denoted , from German ''wikt:Zentrum, Zentrum,'' meaning ''center''. In set-build ...

Center (ring theory) In algebra, the center of a ring ''R'' is the subring consisting of the elements ''x'' such that for all elements ''y'' in ''R''. It is a commutative ring and is denoted as Z(''R''); 'Z' stands for the German word ''Zentrum'', meaning "center" ...

* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity *

Central tendency In statistics, a central tendency (or measure of central tendency) is a central or typical value for a probability distribution.Weisberg H.F (1992) ''Central Tendency and Variability'', Sage University Paper Series on Quantitative Applications in ...

, measures of the central tendency (center) in a set of data

Places

United States

* Centre, Alabama *

Center, Colorado Center is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town, statutory town located in Saguache County, Colorado, Saguache and Rio Grande County, Colorado, Rio Grande List of counties in Colorado, counties, Colorado, United States. The town's p ...

Center, Georgia Center is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History An early variant name was "Bascobel". A post office called Bascobel was established in 1826, the name was changed to Center in 1899, and the post off ...

* Center, Indiana *

Center, Warrick County, Indiana Center is an unincorporated community in Boon Township, Warrick County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to t ...

Center, Kentucky Center is an unincorporated community located in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. The community is part of the Glasgow Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Center, also known in the past as Frederick or Lafayette, got its name from ...

Center, Missouri Center is a city in Ralls County, Missouri, United States. The population was 528 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Center was originally spelled "Centre" and under the latter name was platte ...

Center, Nebraska Center is a village in and the county seat of Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census. History Center was platted in 1901. It was named from its location near the geographical center of Knox County. Cent ...

Center, North Dakota Center is a city in Oliver County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of, and the only incorporated place in, Oliver County. The population was 588 at the 2020 census. History Center was founded in 1902. The city was named from ...

Centre County, Pennsylvania Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County is composed of the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

* Center, Portland, Oregon *

Center, Texas Center is a city in Shelby County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,221 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is the county seat of Shelby County located in deep East Texas. It was named for its location near the center of Shelby Count ...

Center, Washington Center is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federa ...

* Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin * Center, Rock County, Wisconsin **

Center (community), Wisconsin Center is an unincorporated community in the Town of Center, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. Located in section 22 of Township 3 North Range 11 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Center has been published on USGS maps since 1891. ...

Center Township (disambiguation) Center Township may refer to: Arkansas * Center Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas, in Montgomery County, Arkansas * Center Township, Polk County, Arkansas, in Polk County, Arkansas * Center Township, Pope County, Arkansas * Center Towns ...

Centre Township (disambiguation) Centre Township may refer to the following townships in the United States: * Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana * Centre Township, Marion County, Kansas * Centre Township, New Jersey * Centre Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania * Cen ...

Centre Avenue (disambiguation) Centre Avenue or Center Avenue may refer to: * Centre Avenue station, a Long Island Rail Road station in East Rockaway, New York, U.S. * Centre Avenue (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, U.S. * Center Avenue Neighborhood Residential District, Bay Cit ...

Center Hill (disambiguation) Center Hill can refer to several places in the United States: * Center Hill, Atlanta * Center Hill, Florida * Center Hill, Illinois * Center Hill, Mississippi * Center Hill, North Carolina * Center Hill, Texas * Center Hill Lake, a reservoir in Ten ...

Other countries

Centre region, Hainaut The Centre or the Région du Centre is a region within the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the Sillon industriel or industrial centre of Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwest ...

, Belgium *

Centre Region, Burkina Faso Centre is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative Regions of Burkina Faso, regions. The population of Centre Province was 1,727,390 at the 2006 census and increased by 75.6% in 13 years to 3,030,384 at the 2019 census (provisional figure), of w ...

Centre Region (Cameroon) The Centre Region () occupies 69,000 km2 of the central plains of the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the north by the Adamawa Region, to the south by the South Region, to the east by the East Region, and to the West by the Litt ...

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (; ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...

, formerly Centre, France *

Centre (department) Centre ( French, ) or Sant ( Haitian Creole; both meaning "Center") is a landlocked department (; ) of Haiti, located in the center of the country along the border with the Dominican Republic. As of 2015, its estimated population was 746,236. ...

, Haiti *

Centre Department (Ivory Coast) Centre Department was one of the original four departments of Ivory Coast. It was established in 1961, along with Nord Department (Ivory Coast), Nord Department, Sud-Est Department (Ivory Coast), Sud-Est Department, and Sud-Ouest Department. During ...

* Centre (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency) * Centrum, Warsaw (also known as ''Centre''), Poland ** Strict Warsaw Centre * Centru (development region) (Centre), Romania * Center, Celje, Slovenia *

Center District, Ljubljana The Center District (), or simply the Center, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana in the centre of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders ...

, Slovenia * Center District, Maribor, Slovenia * Centre, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain

Sports

Center (gridiron football) Center or centre (C) is a position in American football. The center is the innermost Lineman (American football), lineman of the offensive line on a football team's Offense (sports), offense who passes (or "Snap (gridiron football), snaps") the b ...

, a position in American and Canadian football *

Centre (Australian rules football) Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricit ...

, a position on the Centre line *

Center (basketball) The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five, the big or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is almost always the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal ...

, a position *

Centre (ice hockey) The centre (or center in American English) in ice hockey is a forward (ice hockey), forward position of a player whose primary Hockey rink#Zones, zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards. Centres have more flexibility in t ...

, a position * Centre (rugby league), a position *

Centre (rugby union) In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16� ...

, a position *

Center fielder A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball and softball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the ...

, often called "center", a position in baseball * Centre (netball), a position

Other uses

* The Centre, a shorthand term for the central

Government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...

Centrism Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics, including people who strongly support moderate policie ...

, the political middle ground between the left wing and the right wing *

The Center (political party) The Centre (; ; ; ) is a centre to centre-right political party in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC) and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) ...

, a political party in Switzerland *

Center (band) Center (or Tsentr, Russian: Центр) is a Russian-speaking band, which can be described as eclectic and experimental. The styles of their music are very different, starting with new wave and Russian rock in the early years, crossing over to e ...

, a Russian-speaking band *

Center (HTML element) An HTML element is a type of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others). The first used version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1993 ...

, coded with * Centre Academy East Anglia, an independent special school in Brettenham, Suffolk, England *

Centre College Centre College, formally Centre College of Kentucky, is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States. Chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1819, the col ...

, a liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States * Centre Radio, a former British radio station *

Centers (Fourth Way) In G.I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teaching, also known as The Work, centers or brains refer to separate apparatuses within a being that dictate its specific functions. According to this teaching, there are three main centers: intellectual, emoti ...

, in G.I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teaching *

Area control center In air traffic control, an area control center (ACC), also known as a center or en-route center, is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft flying in the airspace of a given flight information region (FIR) at high altitudes between ...