ETYM French centre, from Latin centrum, from round which a circle is described, Greek kentron center.
(Alternate spelling: centre).
1. A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure; SYN. centre, midpoint.
2. An area that is approximately central within some larger region; SYN. centre, middle, heart, eye.
3. The object upon which interest and attention focuses; SYN. center of attention.
4. A building dedicated to a particular activity; SYN. centre.
5. A place where some particular activity is concentrated; SYN. centre.
6. A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game.
7. (Basketball) The person who plays center.
8. The middle of a military or naval formation.
9. (Football) The position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play.
10. (Ice hockey) The position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game.
11. A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; SYN. centre, nerve center, nerve centre.
12. Politically moderate persons; centrists. + prikaži više

Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for center.

ETYM Latin, bedpost, from fulcire to prop.
(Irregular plural: fulcrums, or: fulcra).
The pivot about which a lever turns.
Support; point or support on which lever rests.

Kingbolt, swivel pin.

ETYM as. lynis the axletree; akin to Dutch luns linchpin, os. lunisa, lg. lunse, German lünse, Old High Germ. lun peg, bolt.
A pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on; SYN. lynchpin.
Person or thing vital to an organization.

ETYM French; prob. akin to Italian piva pipe, French pipe. Related to Pipe.
1. A short shaft that supports something that turns; SYN. pin.
2. The person in a line around whom the others wheel and maneuver; SYN. pivot man.

ETYM AS. swîfan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, svîfa to ramble, to turn. Related to Swoop, Swift a reel, Swift.
A coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin.