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cen⋅tral

1[sen-truhl]
–adjective
1. of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
2. in, at, or near the center: a central position.
3. constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend: a central office.
4. principal; chief; dominant: the play's central character.
5. Anatomy, Zoology.
a. of or pertaining to the central nervous system.
b. of or pertaining to the centrum of a vertebra.
6. 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.
7. Physics. (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point.
–noun
8. (formerly)
a. a main telephone exchange.
b. a telephone operator at such an exchange.

Origin:
1640–50; < L centrālis, equiv. to centr(um) center + -ālis -al 1


cen⋅tral⋅ly, adverb


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

cen⋅tral

2[sen-trahl; Sp. sen-trahl]
–noun, plural -trals, Spanish. -tra⋅les [-trah-les] .
(in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar.

Origin:
< AmerSp, special use of Sp central central 1
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Main Entry: cen·tral
Pronunciation: 'sen-tr&l
Function: adjective
1 : of or concerning the centrum of a vertebra
2 : of, relating to, or comprising the brain and spinal cord; also : originating within the central nervous system —cen·tral·ly /-tr&-lE/ adverb
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