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| 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.
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| 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. |
| 8. | (formerly)
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