Definitions for: Central


[n] a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
[adj] in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"; "central heating and air conditioning"
[adj] centrally located and easy to reach; "the central city has good bus service"; "the shop has a central location"
[adj] serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
[adj] used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place; "the people of Central and Northern Europe"; "country in central Africa"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cen"tral, a. [L. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. F.
central. See Center.]
Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or
middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts
near the center


Cen"tral, Centrale Cen*tra"le, n. [NL. centrale, fr.
L. centralis.] (Anat.)
The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or
tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the
navicular.

Synonyms: amidship, bicentric, bifocal, cardinal, center(a), centered, centric, centrical, exchange, focal, fundamental, halfway, important, inner(a), key, medial, median, middle(a), middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, of import, primal, telephone exchange

Antonyms: peripheral

See Also: centrex, patchboard, phone system, plugboard, switchboard, telephone system, work, workplace

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