Crossword clues for centering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Centered or Centred; p. pr. & vb. n. Centering or Centring.]
To be placed in a center; to be central.
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To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies.
--Dr. H. More.Our hopes must center in ourselves alone.
--Dryden.
Centering \Cen"ter*ing\, n. (Arch.) Same as Center, n., 6. [Written also centring.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) Temporary wooden structure built to support an arch during construction 2 (context uncountable English) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process vb. (present participle of center English)
WordNet
n. the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" [syn: focus, focusing, focussing, direction]
(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" [syn: snap]
Usage examples of "centering".
The same introductory instructions about centering the red dots were recited.
After Laura took her seat, there was small talk, all of it centering around her.
There had been rumors for the past four years centering on Pax Fleet forces chasing some heretic who had managed to activate the dormant farcasters.
The meeting had gone on until an hour ago, most of the discussion centering on the search-party for Mother Abagail.
Wotheng and the Deese priests: set a curse, right in this room, probably centering it right there at his worktable.
When such a rib is erected on centering without initial stress, the subsequent compression of the arch under its weight inflicts a bending stress and excess of compression in the upper member at the crown.
For a long time Esterling had been conscious of a curious sensation centering around his shoulder-blades.
A storm of sensations drew her into its vortex, everything centering lower and lower, the fusion culminating in a glorious explosion that sent her soaring, for a few shattering seconds trans ported to a purely physical plateau where all was sensation.
He found the scaffolding which surrounded the top of the newest-built pillar on the north side was burning briskly, and Master William was up on it, hacking at the smouldering wood to get it down before the centering of the half-built arch and the putlogs supporting the scaffold could burn through and bring down the voussoirs already in place.
Leaving Buller to organise his army at Frere, and the Boer commanders to draw their screen of formidable defences along the Tugela, we will return once more to the fortunes of the unhappy town round which the interest of the world, and possibly the destiny of the Empire, were centering.
After centering herself this time, she strolled three times, deisel or in a sunwise direction, inside the circle of people, holding the staff in both hands over her head as she walked.
Dagna himself led the countercharge and the push, centering the front line of five dwarves abreast and refusing to retreat against the troll press.
Centering the targeting pipper on his tactical screen over one of the blips marking an enemy aircraft, he acquired a lock.
His targeting pipper slid across his HUD, centering on the distant aircraft.
But the reader is also referred to the many books centering on other notable voices of Vedanta, such as Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharishi, Paramahansa Yogananda, J.