Mathematics and Science
- Centre (geometry), the middle of an object
- Center (algebra), uses of "center" in algebra
- Centroid, geometric center
- Center of mass
- Center (group theory), in abstract algebra, the subgroup consisting of those elements which commute with all other elements
- Center of symmetry, in geometry, a point that is well-distant from the boundary of a figure
- Graph center, the vertices in a graph that minimize the maximal distance from all other vertices
- Center of gravity (military)
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