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centre
(redirected from Center of pressure)

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be/take centre stage (British, American)
to be the most important thing or person at an event or in a situation, or to be the thing or person that people notice most. A new range of electric cars will be centre stage at next month's exhibition.
See also: stage, take

left, right and centre (British, informal, American, informal, American, informal)

if something bad is happening left, right and centre, it is happening in a lot of places or to a lot of people. They were firing at people left, right and centre. The Postal Service has been losing customers left and right these past couple of years.
See also: right
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The topic of his dissertation was "Assessing Changes in the Regularity of Center of Pressure Time Series in Collegiate Athletes after Cerebral Concussion.
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That subtle swaying causes the center of pressure under an individual's feet to shift randomly within a radius of a centimeter or two.
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Data include mean center of pressure sway speed (which is measured in degrees per second) and average center of pressure position (which measures deviation of the center of pressure in degrees over 20 seconds).
Use of clinical and impairment-based tests to predict falls by ... by Barnes, Carole W / Physical Therapy
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