Centre

(sen'tr.) [L. centrum.] (Geom.) A point equally | distant from certain other points ina line, figure, or body.-(Arch.) Any timber frame, or set of such, for sustaining the arch-stones of a bridge during the building of an arch: also called centering. Cen'tre, a co. of Pennsylvania, near the middle of the State, traversed by the Alleghany Mts.; area, 1,000 sq. m. The Pennsylvania Agricultural College is situated within its limits. C. Bellefonte. Pop. 34,418. [s. 159]