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center bit
center circle
center field
center forward
center halfback
center ice
center of curvature
center of excellence
center of gravity
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center of gravity
cen·ter of grav·i·ty


noun 
Definition:
 
1. focus of gravitational forces: the point through which the sum of gravitational forces on a body can be considered to act
2. physics 
Same as  center of mass
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