nerve centre

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nerve centre (plural nerve centres)

  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Standard spelling of nerve center.
    • 1960 April, “Automatic single-line signalling on the S.N.C.F”, in Trains Illustrated, page 214:
      Its value is likely to be fully realised when it is transferred to Dijon; there, no doubt, the control of the Mouchard-Frasne section will be possible without any addition to the staff already commanding movements at this nerve centre of the S.N.C.F. South-East Region.
    • 2001, David Mitchell, chapter 2, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
      And this fireproof, thiefproof office is one of the nerve centres. From this console I can access ... nearly everything.

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