center sun

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center sun - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Central \Cen"tral\, a. [L. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. F.
     central. See Center.]
     Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or
     middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts
     near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from
     certain points.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards
        or away from a fixed or movable center.
  
     Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body
        about which M[aum]dler supposed the solar system together
        with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A
        point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess
        characteristics of the position of such a body.
        [1913 Webster] Central