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central

[sen-truhl]

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adjective

of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.

in, at, or near the center: a central position.

constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend: a central office.

principal; chief; dominant: the play's central character.

Anatomy, Zoology.

of or pertaining to the central nervous system.

of or pertaining to the centrum of a vertebra.

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Phonetics. (of a speech sound) produced with the tongue articulating neither expressly forward nor in the back part of the mouth, as any of the sounds of lull.

Physics. (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point.

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noun

(formerly)

a main telephone exchange.

a telephone operator at such an exchange.

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a large duct that transports bile from the liver, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage

a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from of the spinal cord and joins with another bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves

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Origin:
1640–50; < Latin centrālis, equivalent to centr(um) center + -ālis -al¹

Related forms

cen·tral·ly, adverb

Synonyms
4. major, main, key, leading, primary.

Example Sentences

Grants for research on spinal-cord injuries and disorders of the central nervous system.

The simple rules by which central banks lived have crumbled.

The open, well-lit kitchen is the central gathering spot in this house.

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Grants for research on spinal-cord injuries and disorders of the central nervous system.

The simple rules by which central banks lived have crumbled.

The open, well-lit kitchen is the central gathering spot in this house.

The problem is the financial system that the central banks are charged with protecting.

Rich countries' central banks are on divergent paths.

Everyone, be they doctors or central bankers or politicians, makes mistakes.

Central diabetes insipidus is a rare condition that involves extreme thirst and excessive urination.

Each settlement is organized around a central plaza and linked to others via precisely placed roads.

Understanding the human mind in biological terms has emerged as the central challenge for science in.

The central figure, incongruously, holds a burning cigarette.

Plum and prune trees can be trained to a central leader, modified central leader, or open center.

Evolution is the central organizing principle of modern biology.

The salaries of central bank governors from around the world.

Often you hear central administrators note that the hardest job in the university is that of department head.

He had spotted bits of tan rope poking out of the rubble in the temple's central room.

The living/dining space flows easily out to the barbecue patio in the central courtyard.

Gold is no longer a currency, but central banks and investors alike are hoarding.

Libraries are central to learning, building communities, and promoting research and intellectual exploration.

Train larger trees to a modified central leader to keep fruit within easy reach.

In addition, the opportunity exists periodically to teach non-majors chemistry and/or college-wide central curriculum courses.

Instead, central banks should permit some short-term cyclicality in order to purge the system of excesses.

Blossoms have yellow or orange rays and a raised central cone.

That's one of the central findings of a new survey of top librarians at four-year colleges and universities being released today.

Pears can be trained to a central leader or modified central leader.

Evidence of a sustained and central scholarly focus on the study of curriculum as a discursive and/or ideological artifact.

Both sweet and sour cherries can be trained to a central leader or modified central leader.

Many colleges are embracing economic development as a central mission.

After the central head is harvested, side shoots will produce.

Hessen's central location and transportation infrastructure are two key factors driving growth.

Basic flower has single ring of rays surrounding prominent central disk.

Each flower consists of a central brush of stamens surrounded by petallike segments called sepals.

Veggies wrap around a central pathway in this garden, which makes working the beds a snap.

All bear showy single or double summer flowers with ruffled petals surrounding a central cluster of stamens.

If the first fear is global recession, the second is that central banks have run out of fixes.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun, plural -trals, Spanish -tra·les

[-trah-les] .

(in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar.

Origin:
< American Spanish, special use of Spanish central central¹

noun

a region in central Scotland. 269,281. 1016 sq. mi. (2631 sq. km).

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World English Dictionary

central (ˈsɛntrəl)

—*adj*
1.	in, at, of, from, containing, or forming the centre of something: the central street in a city; the central material of a golf ball
2.	main, principal, or chief; most important: the central cause of a problem
3.	a. of or relating to the central nervous system
	b. of or relating to the centrum of a vertebra
4.	of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the tongue held in an intermediate position halfway between the positions for back and front vowels, as for the a of English soda
5.	(of a force) directed from or towards a point
6.	informal (immediately postpositive) used to describe a place where a specified thing, quality, etc is to be found in abundance: nostalgia central

'centrally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

central

1647, from L. centralis, from centrum (see center). As U.S. colloquial for "central telephone exchange" is first recorded 1889.

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