What's the difference between center and pistol?

Center


Definition:

  • (n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.
  • (n.) The middle or central portion of anything.
  • (n.) A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.
  • (n.) The earth.
  • (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.
  • (n.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
  • (n.) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
  • (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
  • (v. i.) Alt. of Centre
  • (v. t.) Alt. of Centre

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When subjects centered themselves actively, or additionally, contracted trunk flexor or extensor muscles to predetermined levels of activity, no increase in trunk positioning accuracy was found.
  • (2) Suggested is a carefully prepared system of cycling videocassettes, to effect the dissemination of current medical information from leading medical centers to medical and paramedical people in the "bush".
  • (3) Of the 138 patients who were admitted to the study, only seventy-one (51 per cent) could be followed for an average of 3.5 years (a typical return rate of urban trauma centers).
  • (4) Their receptive fields comprise a temporally and spatially linear mechanism (center plus antagonistic surround) that responds to relatively low spatial frequency stimuli, and a temporally nonlinear mechanism, coextensive with the linear mechanism, that--though broad in extent--responds best to high spatial-frequency stimuli.
  • (5) The study included fifty children, aged six to fourteen years, selected from patients seeking routine dental care at Children's Hospital National Medical Center.
  • (6) By using these methods, it was clearly indicated that these factors such as TDF of rectum, Z-coordinate of weighted geometric center (WGC-Z), the dose of whole pelvic irradiation, history of chemotherapy and Treponema pallidum hemoagglutination test (TPHA) were important for occurrence of rectal complication.
  • (7) This paper describes the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of a sample of chronically mentally ill clients at a large comprehensive community mental health center.
  • (8) Cloacal exstrophy, centered on the maldevelopment of the primitive streak mesoderm and cloacal membrane, results in bladder and intestinal exstrophy, omphalocele, gender confusion, and hindgut deformity.
  • (9) T cells admixed in the germinal centers were overwhelmingly of the T-helper type.
  • (10) Changing conditions call for each Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) to develop a survival strategy based on its own standards and values.
  • (11) Of the 385 records reviewed for this study, the majority (87%) received their primary care at community health centers or the hospital's own outpatient clinics.
  • (12) Radiologic abnormalities included an unusual "moth-eaten" appearance of the markedly short long bones, bizzare ectopic ossification centers, and marked platyspondyly with unusual ossification centers.
  • (13) The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a temporal association between the introduction of a Fetal Diagnostic and Treatment Center and changes in fetal mortality.
  • (14) The lack of TBM prior to germinal center development and their absence in aged mice are inconsistent with the concept that TBM are required for the induction of the germinal center reaction.
  • (15) Continuity of care programs, such as that developed by the Pain Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), with good communication and liaison work between hospital and community, add a much needed dimension to the pain management of these patients in the home.
  • (16) In contrast, Sca-2 did not appear to stain peripheral T lymphocytes, but recognized only a subset of B lymphocytes which could be localized by immunohistochemistry to germinal centers.
  • (17) An AT-rich stretch is centered at position -31 with respect to the transcription initiation site, and a potential CCAAT box is centered at position -138.
  • (18) Patient care data for patients treated at the medical center are first recorded on paper charts and then coded and transferred to computer.
  • (19) Intrinsic bending of the 527-bp fragment (bend center approximately at bp 240) was represented as a composite of at least two components located near bp 170 and near bp 260.
  • (20) The shading of the optoelectronic system had a coefficient of variation (CV) of 1.42% for measurements in the center of the displayed area, but a CV of 3.55% for measurements over the whole monitor area.

Pistol


Definition:

  • (n.) The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.
  • (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a wardrobe of the back bedroom they discovered a 9mm Glock pistol and in a plastic container under the bed there were more than 300 rounds of ammunition.
  • (2) It is alleged that after the helicopter has gone, Marine A murdered the man by shooting him in the chest with a 9mm pistol.
  • (3) He rides horses, launches pipelines, hugs tigers and fires pistols.
  • (4) Page, an army veteran whose record was marred by drunkenness and a failure to report for duty, walked into the temple just before 10.30am and opened fire with a 9mm pistol.
  • (5) Johnny Depp's dogs on death row after being 'snuck' into Australia Read more But it seems Pistol and Boo may not have had the proper paperwork when they were departing their home state of California, which could pose difficulties when they try to go back.
  • (6) A pistol and ammunition were also found in N's room.
  • (7) Fleischhauer has been selling other models, similar to the Guardian Angel II, to police and security customers as alternatives to Tasers – police in Germany, Japan and Switzerland have all bought Piexon pepper pistols.
  • (8) One’s got a shotgun; the other one’s got a pistol.
  • (9) Among the group are a 40-year-old who Bouhlel had known for a long time and a 38-year-old Albanian man detained along with his girlfriend and suspected of providing the Tunisian attacker with an automatic pistol.
  • (10) Nightingale initially claimed the pistol was a war trophy given to him by Iraqis he had helped during a posting there, and he had accumulated the ammunition because he worked as a range instructor and had failed to book it back through poor administration.
  • (11) No mechanical problems were encountered with the Samuel's or the (modified) Weck pistol-grip applicator.
  • (12) William Kostnic was waiting near the town hall at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the president was due to address a meeting on his bitterly contentious plans for healthcare reform - but the 9mm pistol in the leg holster strapped outside his jeans was perfectly legal.
  • (13) The second alleged untruth surrounds the police claim that they properly investigated the use of the gun Duggan had in a pistol whipping attack weeks before he collected it.
  • (14) Other brands in the group include Remington Arms, the country's largest and oldest maker of rifles; Marlin Firearms, a manufacturer of lever-action rifles; and Advanced Armament, a maker of pistol silencers.
  • (15) Sterling seemed in a good mood, she said – neither knew that an anonymous caller had just told police Sterling had threatened him with a pistol, and officers were on their way.
  • (16) It had interviews with the Sex Pistols and Ian Dury and the Clash.
  • (17) The plan also notes the staff's arsenal, which includes 9mm pistols, LM5 assault rifles and shotguns.
  • (18) The accused armed himself with his 9mm pistol and through the locked door, fired four shots at the deceased.
  • (19) Besides the terrorism charges, the director stands accused of obtaining explosives and transporting weapons and ammunition, since he allegedly ordered subordinates to create a timebomb and showed them a Makarov pistol.
  • (20) I'd taken my album along but I was so excited talking to the Pistols, I forgot to get it signed.