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center field
center forward
center halfback
center ice
center of curvature
center of excellence
center of gravity
center of mass
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center of pressure
cen·ter of pres·sure


noun 
Definition:
 
point where pressure acts on object: the point at which pressure exerted by fluid acts on the the surface of an object immersed in that fluid
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