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n.
point equally distant from all points on a circumference
1) dead ~
2) at, in the ~ (at the ~ of a circle)
central point
3) a storm ~ (also fig .)
4) at, in a ~ (at the ~ of operations; right in the ~ of activity)
location where an activity takes place; focus of activity
5) an amusement; birthing ( AE ), childbearing ( AE ); business, commercial; civic; communications; community; convention; crisis; cultural; day-care; fashion; financial; health; industrial; job ( BE ); literary; manufacturing; medical; research; science; senior-citizen; separation ( mil .); service; shopping; social; trade; wine-producing ~
6) ( fig .) a nerve; storm ~
7) a national; world ~
group of nerve cells
8) a nerve ~
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v. ( d ; intr. , tr. ) to ~ on, upon (attention ~ed on their opening statements)