writing centrewriting centern.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtɪŋ ˌsɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈraɪdɪŋ ˌsɛn(t)ər/

Forms: 1800s– writing center (chiefly U.S.), 1800s– writing centre.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: writing n., centre n.¹

Etymology: < writing n. + centre n.¹With sense 1 compare German Schreibcentrum (1874 or earlier).

1. Medicine. A (supposed) centre within the cerebral cortex responsible for the ability to perform the action of writing. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > as (supposed) seat of faculty > seats of specific faculties

sensorium1613

sensitory1649

sensory1653

sensoriolum1715

respiratory centre1841

Broca1875

writing centre1878

speech-centre1881

heat-centre1884

speech area1885

pleasure centre1892

language area1898

motorium1900

isocortex1934

visceral brain1949

satiety centre1951

limbic system1952

reward cell1956

1878 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Feb. 229/2 The fact that no two people hold their pens exactly alike, and that it is scarcely more difficult to write with the toes than with the fingers is much against the probability of the existence of a writing centre.

1951 D. Denny-Brown in A. Feiling Mod. Trends Neurol. ii. 69 According to Nielsen, the writing centre cannot function without close association with the convolution of Broca.

2016 A. P. Leff in M. Husain & J. M. Schott Oxf. Textbk. Cognitive Neurol. & Dementia xiii. 194/1 A recent review of Exner's original writing showed that the evidence put forward for a specific ‘writing’ centre of the brain in Exner's book was rather slim.

2. North American. An office or establishment, esp. one belonging to a university, college, etc., that is devoted to providing guidance on writing.Frequently with capital initials, esp. in the names of particular writing centres.It is now considered typical of such centres to employ students as writing tutors.

ΚΠ

1937 Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call 28 Feb. 8/7 His class in novel writing at the Washington Square Writing Center of New York University.

1987 K. B. LeFevre Invention as Social Act 79 A doctoral student in engineering comes to his university's writing center for help with his dissertation's conclusions and recommendations.

2016 N. G. Lape in S. Parks et al. Best Independent Rhetoric & Composition Jrnls.: 2014 x. 240 The Dickinson College Writing Center..has served..a growing number of international students learning to write academic English.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	writing centre
释义	writing centrewriting centern. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtɪŋ ˌsɛntə/, U.S. /ˈraɪdɪŋ ˌsɛn(t)ər/ Forms: 1800s– writing center (chiefly U.S.), 1800s– writing centre. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: writing n., centre n.¹ Etymology: < writing n. + centre n.¹With sense 1 compare German Schreibcentrum (1874 or earlier). 1. Medicine. A (supposed) centre within the cerebral cortex responsible for the ability to perform the action of writing. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > as (supposed) seat of faculty > seats of specific faculties sensorium1613 sensitory1649 sensory1653 sensoriolum1715 respiratory centre1841 Broca1875 writing centre1878 speech-centre1881 heat-centre1884 speech area1885 pleasure centre1892 language area1898 motorium1900 isocortex1934 visceral brain1949 satiety centre1951 limbic system1952 reward cell1956 1878 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Feb. 229/2 The fact that no two people hold their pens exactly alike, and that it is scarcely more difficult to write with the toes than with the fingers is much against the probability of the existence of a writing centre. 1951 D. Denny-Brown in A. Feiling Mod. Trends Neurol. ii. 69 According to Nielsen, the writing centre cannot function without close association with the convolution of Broca. 2016 A. P. Leff in M. Husain & J. M. Schott Oxf. Textbk. Cognitive Neurol. & Dementia xiii. 194/1 A recent review of Exner's original writing showed that the evidence put forward for a specific ‘writing’ centre of the brain in Exner's book was rather slim. 2. North American. An office or establishment, esp. one belonging to a university, college, etc., that is devoted to providing guidance on writing.Frequently with capital initials, esp. in the names of particular writing centres.It is now considered typical of such centres to employ students as writing tutors. ΚΠ 1937 Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call 28 Feb. 8/7 His class in novel writing at the Washington Square Writing Center of New York University. 1987 K. B. LeFevre Invention as Social Act 79 A doctoral student in engineering comes to his university's writing center for help with his dissertation's conclusions and recommendations. 2016 N. G. Lape in S. Parks et al. Best Independent Rhetoric & Composition Jrnls.: 2014 x. 240 The Dickinson College Writing Center..has served..a growing number of international students learning to write academic English. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1878
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