Literary notes about Center (AI summary)
Writers employ “center” to evoke both literal and symbolic meanings. At times it designates a precise physical location—a table positioned at the heart of a room [1], the center of a military formation [2, 3], or even a meeting place of bustling trade and social exchange [4, 5]. In other works the term evolves into a figurative marker of core importance, suggesting that essential influence or energy radiates from a central hub, whether it be a nation's cultural nucleus [6, 7] or the pivotal source of inner balance and perception [8, 9]. Scientific and technical texts similarly use “center” to describe fundamental points of equilibrium in oscillation or gravity [10, 11]. Thus, across genres and contexts—from military strategy and urban planning to personal introspection and natural phenomena—the word “center” functions as a vital metaphor that underscores positioning, stability, and connectivity [12, 13, 14].
- ( She puts the bottle on the big kitchen table, center of the room.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell - If an enemy directs his efforts against the center or against a single wing, this order might cause the ruin of the whole army.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - As a rule, a false attack to engage the center, and a strong attack against one extremity, would be the best method to use against such a line.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - The city of Tai-wan, on the west coast, was a considerable center of trade.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows - The Civic Center BART also serves as the major station for Muni trolley lines, and if you need to switch from one to another, that's where you do it.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - Time and again it has proved to be the fact that when the Jews were forced to move, the center of the world's precious metals moved with them.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous - The Almighty never laid out a cleaner piece of level prairie for a city; and it’s the natural center of all that region of hemp and tobacco.”
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner - I cognized the center of the empyrean as a point of intuitive perception in my heart.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - Experimental determination of the center of oscillation and the moment of inertia about an axis.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - This center is the point where two infinitely near normals meet.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - But now the sunflowers suddenly stopped their rapid whirling, and the travelers plainly saw a girl's face appear in the center of each flower.
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum - In the center of the roof was a great light, as bright as the sun, which made the emeralds sparkle in a wonderful manner.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - In the text, the symbol of a circle with a dot in the center appears frequently.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster
