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bight
the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
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center of curvature, centre of curvature
the center of the circle of curvature
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bowels
the center of the Earth
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bull, bull's eye
the center of a target
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center of gravity, centre of gravity
the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
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center of mass, centre of mass
point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
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core
the center of an object
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navel, navel point
the center point or middle of something
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nombril
the center point on a shield
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core
the central part of the Earth
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nucleus
the positively charged dense center of an atom
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nucleus
(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
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center of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of buoyancy, centre of immersion
(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
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center of flotation, centre of flotation
the center of gravity of a floating object
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barycenter
(astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
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centroid
the center of mass of an object of uniform density
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corn cob, corncob
the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
