centering
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈsɛntərɪŋ/
- Jargon
:
centro
- After the referee's whistle, the game resumed with a centering that put the ball into action.
- centering pass
Examples
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For yet another, a movement training such as Dalcroze eurythmics or a theory of body/mind connectedness such as Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen's BodyMind Centering may provide a physical "aha!" experience.
Academic text (1993) -
The quarterback received the ball on a centering play and quickly passed it to a teammate.
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So I get up on the centre, boom, snap the ball, boom, tight in.
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A centering pass to kharlamov.
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If a degree of authoritative centering lies at the heart of the enterprise, therefore, I hesitate to speak of "decentering" as anything but a contingency.
Academic text (1996) -
These sites of electronic production act as centering points for what James Ferguson describes as a dominant, mobile class of jobless young Africans.
Academic text (2009) -
Similar to the conventional infrapatellar approach, the entry hole of the nail was made in the direction of the guide wire after removal of the centering sleeve.
Academic text (2018) -
F. Jacob Lagace hammered in a centering feed from behind the net from F. Tyler Brenner to get the equalizer.
Blog text (21) -
Yanni Gourde put the Sharks up 3-2 at 14:45 with his second goal of the season after deflecting home a centering feed in front from Hamilton, who had rushed into the Pirates zone down the right side.
Blog text (27) -
He executed a perfect centering that allowed the back to move quickly down the field.
Synonyms
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6.7
The act of starting play by passing the ball backward between the legs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Centering comes from center, which in turn comes from the old Greek word kentron meaning 'middle' or 'point'. Think of the player called the center who stands in the middle and snaps the ball, so centering in football is putting the ball into play from the middle.