(acting) The area in the center of the stage, especially one towards the front. / (by extension) An important or prominent position.

a former British protectorate in the area of present-day Malawi, between 1891 and 1907

Alternative spelling of centigram

(Britain) Alternative spelling of dead center

Synonym of dead point: the position at which a crank is in a direct line with a connecting rod. / A nonrevolving center in a lathe. / (idiomatic) The exact center.

Alternative form of dead-center

Alternative form of dead-center

A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.

To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.

simple past tense and past participle of centre