单词 | center |
释义 | center [`sen·tǝr] INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING A manufacturing unit containing a number of interconnected cells. MATHEMATICS 1. The point that is equidistant from all the points on a circle or sphere. 2. The point (if it exists) about which a curve (such as a circle, ellipse, or hyperbola) is symmetrical. 3. The point (if it exists) about which a surface (such as a sphere, ellipsoid, or hyperboloid) is symmetrical. 4. For a regular polygon, the center of its circumscribed circle. 5. The subgroup consisting of all elements that commute with all other elements in a given group. 6. The subring consisting of all elements a such that ax = xa for all x in a given ring. OPTICS To adjust the components of an optical system so that their centers of curvature lie on a common optical axis. Also known as square-on. STATISTICS For a distribution, the expected value of any random variable which has the distribution. |
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