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Nerve centre   /nərv sˈɛntər/   Listen
Nerve centre

noun
1.
A center that provides information and control.  Synonym: nerve center.
2.
A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process.  Synonyms: center, centre, nerve center.





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... the laws were made there. The Western man knows Boston as the centre of art, which he affects to despise, and New York appeals to him as the home of the millionaire, of the money-lender; but in Washington he recognizes the great nerve centre of national life. It is the political ganglion of the body politic. It appeals to the romantic in him as well. It is historical; it is the ...
— A Spoil of Office - A Story of the Modern West • Hamlin Garland


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