CONTROL CENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does control center mean? 

• CONTROL CENTER (noun)
  The noun CONTROL CENTER has 1 sense:

1. the operational center for a group of related activities

  Familiarity information: CONTROL CENTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTROL CENTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The operational center for a group of related activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the general in command never left the control center

Hypernyms ("control center" is a kind of...):

center; centre (a building dedicated to a particular activity)

 Context examples 

Levonordefrin's antihypertensive effect is exerted through activation of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in the cardiovascular control center of the CNS thereby suppressing the sympathetic output from the brain and subsequently lowering blood pressure.

(Levonordefrin, NCI Thesaurus)

Dronabinol acts directly on the appetite and vomiting control centers in the brain to stimulate appetite and prevent emesis.

(Dronabinol, NCI Thesaurus)

The brain is the control center of the body.

(Brain Diseases, NIH)

These hormones, in turn, activate a host of neurons in the brain's hypothalamus — the body's energy control center.

(New Appetite Control Mechanism Found in Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Some act on the medullary control centers (the vomiting center and the chemoreceptive trigger zone) while others affect the peripheral receptors.

(Antiemetic Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)