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Business Definition for: Center

  • a department, area, or function to which costs and/or revenues are charged

Wiktionary Definition for: Center

  • geometry The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
  • geometry The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference of the circle.
  • geometry The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the surface of the sphere.
  • geometry The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure.
  • A place where some function or activity occurs.
  • Ex:''shopping center''
  • Ex:''convention center''
  • A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
  • Ex:''the center of the controversy''
  • Ex:''the center of attention''
  • basketball The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
  • Icehockey The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
  • fb The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
  • Of, at, or related to a center.
  • To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
  • To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
  • To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).

Additional Resources

Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center announces creation of the Center
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced the creation of the Center for Biosecurity, with headquarters in Baltimore and offices in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. The center will result from the move to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, on Nov. 1, of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense...
Tags: Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
Research articles 2003-09-18
Mississippi Space Center Shows Off New Exhibits.
By David Tortorano, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 23--STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss.--Stennis Space Center showed off three new exhibits Thursday and took the opportunity to get the word out about the value of the sprawling Hancock County...
Tags: agency, Craig, exhibit, MARKETING, Mississippi, NASA, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 2001-03-23
Rapid electrochemical measurements: May 9-May 13, 2002.(Special Topics Courses)
DIRECTOR Gerhardt, Greg, University of Kentucky Medical Center FACULTY Allen, Jennifer, University of Kentucky Medical Center Apparsundaram, Subu, University of Kentucky Medical Center Burmeister, Jason, Center For Sensor Technology ...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, University of Kentucky
Research articles 2003-08-01
Nissan R&D Center in China.(R&D Asia)
Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. DFL, a Nissan, Tokyo,-Chinese joint venture, plans to build a $40 million R&D center for passenger cars in Guangzhou, China. The new center will replace DFL's current R&D center in Huadu, which will close in 2005. The 200,000[m.sup.2] center will open in...
Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., R&D
Research articles 2004-04-01
NASA safety center set to 'blast off' in October
HAMPTON, Va. AP -- A NASA safety center being created in response to the Columbia space shuttle accident is on track to open around Oct. 1, the man overseeing its startup said Tuesday. Roy D. Bridges is in his second week as director of NASA's Langley Research Center,...
Tags: NASA
Research articles 2003-08-20
ISO 9000 in space.(Column)
The same folks who put men on the moon have bought into the ISO 9000 scheme. According to a NASA press release, the space agency has selected a third-party registrar to provide detailed compliance audits of Ames Research Center, Dryden Flight Research Center, Goddard Space Flight ...
Tags: agency, NASA, Quality
Research articles 1997-10-01
Henry Ford Health System opens medical center in New Center Area
Michigan Chronicle 09-20-2005 As another measure of its commitment to health care in the city of Detroit, Henry Ford Health System has opened a new medical center. The $8.2 million, 80,000-square-foot Henry Ford Medical Center -- New Center One, is located at...
Tags: Detroit, FINANCE, Ford Motor Co., SOFTWARE
Research articles 2005-09-20
OXFORD'S CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES - PROFILE
According to IINA, Oxford University's Center for Islamic Studies will grant scholarships for studying literature, science, geography and history, and other disciplines. The Center has also organized a seminar on the improvement of the situation of Muslim prisoners in Britain. Among the recent visitors to the Center is Britain's Minister...
Tags: Britain, MARKETING, scholarship, University of Oxford
Research articles 2003-08-21
Expanding Or Eliminating The Physical Borders Of The Call Center
Let's say you're an established company, and you've just decided to move your existing call center and therefore must do a lot of rehiring, or you've decided to start a call center for the first time. Perhaps you've even decided to outsource your call center services to an outside provider....
Tags: Borders Books & Music, call-center, company
Research articles 2006-10-01
Henry Ford Health opens in New Center
Michigan Chronicle 05-03-2005 As another measure of its commitment to health care in the Detroit, Henry Ford Health System has opened a new medical center. The $8.2 million, 80,000-square-foot Henry Ford Medical Center-New Center One, is located at 3031 West Grand Blvd.,...
Tags: Benefits, Detroit, FINANCE, Ford Motor Co., HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2005-05-03
Examining the health of your call center
The first step toward delivering world-class customer service in today’s environment is to separate the different components that contribute to a successful call center, and evaluate your performance in each area. This tutorial introduces the Contact Center Model, which breaks the call center into its five key components – Strategy,...
Tags: Call-center, Contact Center, Health Care, Contact Center Model, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2003-01-01
Correcting Rockefeller Center Properties release issued 12/7
--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 8, 1994-- In BW1244, 12/7, (ROCKEFELLER-CENTER-PROP), Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc. Promotes Officer, the 1st graph, 2nd line, should read xxx Rockefeller Center Properties, sted Rockefeller Properties.Corrected sentence follows: Stephanie Leggett Young has been elected Vice President & Secretary of Rockefeller Center Properties,...
Tags: Business Wire
Research articles 1994-12-08
UK: OXFORD'S CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES - PROFILE.(Brief Article)
According to IINA, Oxford University's Center for Islamic Studies will grant scholarships for studying literature, science, geography and history, and other disciplines. The Center has also organized a seminar on the improvement of the situation of Muslim prisoners in Britain. Among the recent visitors to the...
Tags: Britain, MARKETING, scholarship, University of Oxford
Research articles 2003-08-21
Penn State Hershey Sleep Research and Treatment Center Moves into the Hershey Center for Applied Research
HERSHEY, Pa. -- The Hershey Center for Applied Research HCAR announced today a new tenant in Building One: Penn State Hershey Sleep Research and Treatment Center Sleep Center. With collaboration between the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, the 12-bed...
Tags: Penn State
Research articles 2008-10-15
Late News.
Coral preps huge cedar center redo Coral Co. of Beachwood plans a redevelopment "of dramatic proportions" at Cedar Center shopping center, said Coral president Peter Rubin. The shopping center developer this month bought the University Heights side of Cedar Center for $10.5 million. Coral also is...
Tags: board, brand, Branding, Cleveland, FINANCE, INTERNET, MARKETING, McDonald's Corp., Mr., president, Prudential Insurance Company of America
Research articles 2000-02-14
Server-Desktop Solution Center Named IBM-Certified BladeCenter and Storage Solution Center Facility
IBM recognizes data solution center at Devon IT, CentriServ headquarters as Pennsylvania's first "Center for Excellence"
Tags: IBM Corp., IBM eServer BladeCenter, storage
Research articles 2008-02-26
Who's who at NASA: Dr. Meyya Meyyappan, director, Center for Nanotechnology, Ames Research Center
Dr. Meyya Meyyappan is the Director and Senior Scientist at the Center for Nanotechnology at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA. His team is presently researching and developing carbon nanotubes. NASA Tech Briefs: How long has Ames' Center for Nanotechnology been operating? Dr. Meyya Meyyappan: We started as...
Tags: Dr., Nanotechnology, nanotube, NASA
Research articles 2002-10-01
Staples.com launches business services - Brief Article
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. -- Staples.com announced that its comprehensive Solution Center is now available on its Business Services site. The new Web Center, Marketing Center and Business Printing Center aim to help small businesses save time and money building, marketing and supporting their business. Each center provides an extensive selection of...
Tags: business service, Staples Inc.
Research articles 2001-06-04
Center Bancorp, Inc. Declares 5% Stock Dividend
Center Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNBC), parent company to Union Center National Bank of Union, New Jersey, announced that the Board of Directors has declared a 5% stock dividend on its common stock. The stock dividend is payable June 1, 2007, to shareholders of record on May 1, 2007. John...
Tags: Banking, Center Bancorp Inc., FINANCE, Investment, merger, SEC, stock
Research articles 2007-03-29
Nanomedicine center upgraded at University of Maryland
After two years and more than $6 million in research funding, the University of Maryland Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery has reached the next step in its evolution. The university has granted the center the status of an organized research center, or ORC, meaning it is no...
Tags: director, HARDWARE, Nanotechnology, researcher, Semiconductors, University of Maryland
Research articles 2007-01-24
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