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Center (C): A player position on offense. The center usually snaps the ball. The middle lineman is not always the snapper.

Field Service Center: A centralized location for a variety of USDA agency field offices. These have been reduced in number from about 3,700 to about 2,600 through closures and consolidations initiated as part of . . . View Full Definition

Face-Centered Cubic (FCC): One of the common types of unit cells in which atoms are located on each corner and the center of each face of a cube. Among the common FCC metals are aluminum, copper, nickel and austenitic . . . View Full Definition

Epicenter: The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus or hypocenter of an Earthquake.

Designated Centers For Specialized Care: Medical centers selected to provide an advanced level of care for a disease or delivery of a specific procedure. For example, CIGNA's >LIFESOURCE Organ Transplant Network is composed of 13 n . . . View Full Definition

Half Center: A dead center that has a portion of the 60 degree cone cut away.

Live Center: See center, live.

Hypocenter: A point beneath earth's surface where the vibrations of an earthquake are thought to have originated. Also known as the focus.

Hub-Center Steering: One of several different types of front-end suspension/steering mechanisms used in motorcycles. Hub-center steering is characterized by a swingarm that extends from the bottom of the engine/ . . . View Full Definition

Dead Center: A center that does not rotate: commonly found on the tailstock of a lathe. Also, an expression for the exact center of an object.