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The centre of any ellipse is within it, for its polar does not meet the curve, and so there are no tangents from it to the curve. The centre of a parabola is the contact point of the figurative straight. The centre of a hyperbola lies without the curve, since the figurative straight crosses the curve. The tangents from the centre to the ...
The Centre, a shorthand term for the central Government of India Centrism , the political middle ground between the left wing and the right wing The Center (political party) , a political party in Switzerland
A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely equivalent terms that exist in other languages, such as "centre-ville" in French, Stadtzentrum in German, or shìzhōngxīn (市中心) in Chinese.
The term centre of minimum distance [1] specifies the concept more precisely as the domain is the sphere surface without boundary and not the three-dimensional body. Explained in a different way, it is the location on the surface of Earth where the sum of distances to all locations on land is the smallest.
A dart in the inner bullseye The "gold" is the yellow circle at the centre of this archery target.. The bullseye or bull's eye has, since 1833, [1] been the name for the center of a target and, by extension, since 1857, [1] has been given to any throw, toss, or shot that hits the center.
The distance between any point of the circle and the centre is called the radius. The length of a line segment connecting two points on the circle and passing through the centre is called the diameter. A circle bounds a region of the plane called a disc. The circle has been known since before the beginning of recorded history.
Center of gravity or centre of gravity may also refer to: Center of Gravity (festival) , an annual Canadian sport and music festival Center of gravity (military) , a concept developed by Carl Von Clausewitz, a Prussian military theorist
A town square (or public square, urban square, or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town, and which is used for community gatherings. A square in a city may be called a city square. Related concepts are the civic center, the market square and the village green.