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Center of percussion, that point in a body
moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle
without communicating a shock to the axis. -- Center
of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a
surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary
direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of
the fluid.

{ Cen"ter, Cen"tre } v.
i. [imp. & p. p. Centered or
Centred (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Centering or Centring.] 1. To
be placed in a center; to be central.

2. To be collected to a point; to be
concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.

Where there is no visible truth wherein to
center, error is as wide as men's fancies.

Dr. H. More.

Our hopes must center in ourselves
alone.

Dryden.

{ Cen"ter , Cen"tre } (?), v.
t. 1. To place or fix in the
center or on a central point. Milton.

2. To collect to a point; to
concentrate.

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