centrs

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin centrum (“central”) (itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”)).

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centrs m (1st declension)

1. (mathematics, physics) center (a notable or important point in a mathematical or physical body)

   riņķa līnijas centrs ― circle center

   rotācijas centrs ― rotation center

   simetrijas centrs ― symmetry center

   lodes centrs ― center of a sphere

   elipses centrs ― ellipse center

   smaguma centrs ― center' of gravity

2. center, mid, middle, middle point

   atrasties grupas centrā ― to be located in the center of the group

   centra uzbrucējs ― center forward (football player)

   varavīksnenes centrā atrodas apaļas formas zīlīte ― in the center of the iris is located the round-shaped pupil

3. center (administratively or economically important part of a certain territory)

   republikas centrs ― the center of the Republic

   rajona centrs ― the center of the district

   pilsētas centrs ― city center

   Rīgas centrs ― Riga's center, downtown Riga (also a district of Riga)

   ciemata centrs ― village center

   lauku centrs ― rural center (locality serving a rural area)

   Mārcis gāja uz centru, kur atradās skola, tiesas nams, lielākās mājas ― Mācis went to the (city) center, where a school, a court house and the largest buildings were located

4. center (an important urban area)

   viņi runāja par Brazīliju, kuras lielākos centros Toms bija bijis ― they were talking about Brazil, to whose larger centers Toms had been

5. center (the main or leading part of a system)

   uz vienas no peldošajām bāzēm atrodas kopējais vadošais centrs, kas savukārt apvieno un vada visu zvejas flotiļu darbu ― in one of the floating bases is located the general control center, which unites and manages the work of the whole fishing fleet

6. center (place, institution, organization in which a certain field of activity or its administration is concentrated)

   zinātnes centrs ― scientific center

   mākslas centrs ― arts center

   rūpniecības centrs ― industrial center

   tirdzniecības centrs ― commercial center

   republikas kardioloģiskais centrs ― the Republic's cardiology center

7. (of mental activities) center (the main focus or object)

   būt sarunu centrā ― to be (lit. to be in) the center of the conversation

   atrasties uzmanības centrā ― to be (lit. to be in) the center of attention

8. center (part of the central nervous system that leads and regulates a certain organ or group of organs in the body)

   redzes, dzirdes centrs ― vision, hearing center

   kustību centrs ― motion center

   elpošanas centrs ― respiratory center

   runas centrs ― speech center

   zemgarozas centri ― subcortical centers

9. (politics) center (party, group of parties or political movement that, by their ideas and program, is seen as between the left- and right-wing parties)

   centra koalīcija ― central coalition

   saskaņas centrs ― harmony center (name of a current Latvian political party)

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