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  2. Centre (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    The centre (or center in American English) in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and therefore often end up covering more ice surface than any other player.

  3. Center versus periphery - Wikipedia

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    Simple illustration of Center versus Periphery theory over time. Center versus periphery (方言 周 圏 論, Hōgen-Shūken-Ron, lit."Surrounding-zones dialect theory") is a linguistic theory put forward by Japanese folklorist Yanagita Kunio explaining the usage of certain words in a language used in some regions while not in others.

  4. Center - Wikipedia

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    The Center (political party), a political party in Switzerland; Center (band), a Russian-speaking band; Center (HTML element), coded with <center></center> Centre Academy East Anglia, an independent special school in Brettenham, Suffolk, England; Centre College, a liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States

  5. Center (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    Jason Kelce (No. 62) prepares to snap the football to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz in a 2017 game. Center or centre (C) is a position in American football.The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense who passes (or "snaps") the ball between his legs to the quarterback at the start of each play.

  6. Polarity symbols - Wikipedia

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    The symbol connected to the dot (usually the symbol found to the right) denotes the polarity of the center/tip, whereas the symbol connected to the broken circle denotes the polarity of the barrel/ring. When a device or adapter is described simply as having "positive polarity" or "negative polarity", this denotes the polarity of the center/tip.

  7. Center (group theory) - Wikipedia

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    The center of the symmetric group, S n, is trivial for n ≥ 3. The center of the alternating group, A n, is trivial for n ≥ 4. The center of the general linear group over a field F, GL n (F), is the collection of scalar matrices, { sI n ∣ s ∈ F \ {0} }. The center of the orthogonal group, O n (F) is {I n, −I n}.

  8. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    British analyse/ centre/ defence/ labour/ organise (organize in Oxford spelling)/ programme (except for computer program) dominant; English is an official or majority language American analyze/ center/ defense/ labor/ organize/ program dominant; English is an official or majority language

  9. Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style/5 - Wikipedia

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    The English Wikipedia prefers no major national variety of the language over any other. These varieties (e.g. US English, British English) differ in vocabulary (soccer vs. football), spelling (center vs. centre), and occasionally grammar. For consistency, only one variety should be used in a given article.