English noun: nerve center |
1. | nerve center (location) a center that provides information and control |
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| Samples | The nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam.
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| Synonyms | nerve centre |
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| Broader (hypernym) | center, centre |
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2. | nerve center (body) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process |
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| Samples | In most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere.
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| Synonyms | center, centre, nerve centre |
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| Broader (hypernym) | neural structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | auditory center, Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's convolution, Broca's gyrus, convolution of Broca, inferior colliculus, olfactory brain, respiratory center, rhinencephalon, superior colliculus, Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center |
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