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center, in politics, a party following a middle course. The term was first used in France in 1789, when the moderates of the National Assembly sat in the center of the hall. It can refer to a separate party in a political system, e.g., the Catholic Center party of imperial and Weimar Germany, or to the middle group of a party consisting of several ideological factions.
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When sound waves reach them, the cells' hairlike projections sway with the vibrations and transmit electrical signals to the brain's auditory center.
Hearing repaired: gene therapy restores guinea pigs' hearing by Brownlee, C. / Science News
This activity is processed extensively in subcortical auditory centers before it reaches the cerebral cortex, where the actual perception of sound takes place.
The relationship of tinnitus, hyperacusis, and hearing loss by Chen, Kejian / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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