noun
1. a center that provides information and control
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the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam
• Syn: ↑nerve center
2. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
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in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
• Syn: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center
• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure
• Hyponyms:
↑auditory center, ↑rhinencephalon, ↑olfactory brain, ↑Broca's area, ↑Broca's center, ↑Broca's gyrus, ↑Broca's convolution, ↑convolution of Broca, ↑Wernicke's area, ↑Wernicke's center, ↑superior colliculus, ↑inferior colliculus, ↑respiratory center
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nerve centre noun
1. An aggregation of nerve cells from which nerves branch out
2. (in an organization) the centre from which control is exercised (figurative)
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Main Entry: ↑nerve
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usually singular the centre of a business, or a political or other big organization, where decisions are made and activities are planned and directed
the nerve centre of the protests
Thesaurus: departments in companies and organizationshyponym
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the place from which an activity or organization is controlled and instructions are sent out
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Frankfurt is the economic nerve centre of Germany.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.