Zentrum

German (Berlin)

/ˈt͡sɛntʁʊm/

noun
Definitions
  • center, centre; central point
  • (politics) the centre, the moderate political parties
  • (politics) the Centre Party, a Catholic political party in pre-war Germany
  • (mathematics) the centre of a group, ring, Lie algebra, etc.
  • (chess) the spaces d4, d5, e4, e5 on a chessboard

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum (centre, center, center point, central) derived from Ancient Greek κέντρον (sharp point, center, goad, thorn, something with a sharp point, centre, centre of a circle, spur).

Origin

Ancient Greek

κέντρον

Gloss

sharp point, center, goad, thorn, something with a sharp point, centre, centre of a circle, spur

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Person/Thing

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央

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