"nerve center" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nerve centers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nerve center (plural nerve centers)
  1. (anatomy) A point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals. Tags: US Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: nerve centre Translations (anatomy: a point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals): hermokeskus (Finnish), centre nerveux [masculine] (French), néarlár [masculine] (Irish), centru nervos [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-nerve_center-en-noun-8fx4vKeT Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'anatomy: a point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals': 95 5
  2. (figuratively) A physical location in a business, organization, or agency where information procured from different sources is brought together to be considered and acted upon by decision-makers. Tags: US, figuratively Translations (of business, organization, or agency): hermokeskus (Finnish), centre névralgique [masculine] (French), croílár [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-nerve_center-en-noun-W7xqy6rZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'of business, organization, or agency': 1 99

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