Off Center

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Off Center

In numismatics, describing a coin on which a mistake was made in the striking such that the inscriptions are not centered properly. Because off center coins are somewhat unusual, they may be valuable, though they are illiquid assets.

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What is perhaps most compelling in Off Center emerges in Miyoshi's ability to focus attention upon certain Japanese epistemic loci and idioms and discuss the effects of their simultaneous influence from and resistance to their Western correlates.

Off Center: Power and Cultural Relations between Japan and the United States

EAST BROOKFIELD - Residents are reminded the recycling center on Stevens Road is not a drop off center for refuse.

No refuse allowed at recycling center

That's a skewing of the ball's course by the spin that the club puts on a ball hit off center. The curve results from aerodynamic forces that the spin produces.

Curve on golf club sends ball straight. (Technology)

With this vortex pushed off center and weakened, the process of ozone destruction slowed.