The phrase "activate center" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are instructing someone to turn on or enable a specific center, such as a control center or a feature within a system.
Example: "To begin the operation, please activate center A by pressing the designated button."
Alternatives: "turn on center" or "enable center".
REBOUNDS The Knicks activated center FELTON SPENCER from the injured list before the game.
After the Knicks put MARCUS CAMBY on the injured list, they activated center ANDREW LANG off the injured list.
LAKERS ACTIVATE BYNUM The Lakers added a big component to their lineup before the playoffs, activating center Andrew Bynum for Thursday's game against the Denver Nuggets.
(AP) SACRAMENTO The Kings placed guard Jon Barry on the injured list and activated center Bill Wennington in time for last night's game against the Seattle SuperSonics.
Nolan, 24, whose father is Islanders Coach Ted Nolan, has been called up three times this season.... Minnesota activated center Mikko Koivu, who missed 24 games with a broken leg after Vancouver's Mattias Ohlund hit him with a two-handed slash to the back of his leg in a game Nov. 16.
The Angels activated center fielder Peter Bourjos, returning infielder Tommy Field to triple-A Salt Lake and returning Mike Trout to left field.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have activated center fielder A.J. Pollock and he was in the lineup for Friday night's game against the Cincinnati Reds Pollock, an All-Star and Gold Glove winner last season, broke his right elbow in a head-first slide at home in a preseason game two days before the start of the regular season.
The whole brain is a collection of lobes that communicate with each other through what is known as the Reticular Activating Center.
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These natural molecules bind to receptors on neurons to block pain signals and activate reward centers in the brain. .
