A Topical Dictionary: Search for Central

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈsɛntɹəl/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-central.ogg

Adjective

being in the centre
being the most important
having or containing the centre of something

Derived terms

Translations

German: ,

German:

German:

Translations to be checked

: central
: 中央的, 中心的
: centraal
: centra
: central
: מרכזי (merkazy) , מרכזית (merkazyt)
: sentral, pusat
: central
: centrale

: 中心的 (ちゅうしんてき, chūshin-teki), 中央 (ちゅうおう, chūō)
: central &
: centro
: central
: canolog

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Catalan

Adjective

central (pl centrals)

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French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

{{infl|fr|adjective|g=m|f|centrale|m plural|centraux|f plural|centrales}}

central

Antonyms

périphérique

Related terms

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Romanian

Etymology

centralis, central#French|central

Pronunciation

IPA: [ʧen'tral]

Adjective

central#English|central, pivotal, nodal

Declension

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Spanish

Adjective

central#English|central

Noun

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Central \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; equidistant or equally accessible from
certain points.
[1913 Webster]

Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards
or away from a fixed or movable center.

Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body
about which M[aum]dler supposed the solar system together
with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A
point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess
characteristics of the position of such a body.
[1913 Webster] Central

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Central \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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet central
adj 1: 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" [syn: cardinal,
fundamental, key, primal]
2: in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner
area; "a central position"; "central heating and air
conditioning" [ant: peripheral]
3: 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"
4: centrally located and easy to reach; "the central city has
good bus service"; "the shop has a central location"
n : a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility
where lines from telephones can be connected together to
permit communication [syn: telephone exchange, exchange]

Moby Dictionary
PBX operator , aboriginal , accented , all-absorbing , alveolar ,
amidships , apical , apico-alveolar , apico-dental , arch , articulated ,
assimilated , automatic exchange , average , axial , back , banal ,
banner , barytone , basal , basic , bedrock , bilabial , broad ,
cacuminal , capital , cardinal , center , centermost , central office ,
centralized , centric , centroidal , centrosymmetric , cerebral ,
champion , checked , chief , close , common , concentrated , consonant ,
consonantal , continuant , controlling , core , crowning , crucial ,
deep , dental , dissimilated , dominant , dorsal , elemental ,
elementary , embryonic , equatorial , equidistant , essential , first ,
flat , focal , foremost , front , fundamental , generative , genetic ,
geocentric , germinal , glide , glossal , glottal , great , guttural ,
halfway , hard , headmost , heavy , hegemonic , high , important ,
in embryo , in ovo , indispensable , indoor , inmost , inner , innermost ,
inside , interior , intermediary , intermediate , internal , intestine ,
intimate , intonated , intrinsic , inward , key , labial , labiodental ,
labiovelar , lateral , lax , leading , life-and-death , life-or-death ,
light , lingual , liquid , long distance , low ,
machine-switching office , magisterial , main , master , material ,
mean , medial , median , mediocre , mediterranean , medium , mesial ,
mezzo , mid , middle , middle-of-the-road , middlemost , middling ,
midland , midmost , midships , midway , moderate , monophthongal , muted ,
narrow , nasal , nasalized , normal , nuclear , occlusive ,
of vital importance , omphalic , open , operator , ordinary , original ,
outstanding , overriding , overruling , oxytone , palatal , palatalized ,
panel switching , paramount , pharyngeal , pharyngealized , phonemic ,
phonetic , phonic , pitch , pitched , pivotal , posttonic , predominant ,
preeminent , pregnant , preponderant , prevailing , primal , primary ,
prime , primeval , primitive , primordial , principal , pristine ,
protogenic , radical , ranking , retroflex , rounded , routine ,
rudimentary , ruling , salient , seminal , semivowel , signal ,
significant , soft , sonant , sovereign , standard , star , stellar ,
stopped , stressed , strong , substantive , supereminent , surd ,
switchboard operator , syllabic , telephone exchange ,
telephone office , telephone operator , telephonist , tense , thick ,
throaty , tonal , tonic , topflight , twangy , umbilical , unaccented ,
unrounded , unstressed , usual , velar , vital , vocalic , vocoid ,
voiced , voiceless , vowel , vowellike , weak , wide

CENTRAL. Relating to the centre, or placed in the centre; as, the central courts of the United States, are those located in the city of Washington, whose jurisdiction extends over the whole country. These are, first, the Senate of the United States, when organized to try impeachments; secondly, the Supreme Court of the United States. 2. The government of the United States is the central government.

Central, AK (CDP, FIPS 11690) Location: 65.55583 N, 144.85782 W Population (1990): 52 (78 housing units) Area: 140.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99730 Central, IN Zip code(s): 47110 Central, NM (village, FIPS 13550) Location: 32.77530 N, 108.15424 W Population (1990): 1835 (700 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88026 Central, SC (town, FIPS 13015) Location: 34.72335 N, 82.78297 W Population (1990): 2438 (1282 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29630 Central, TN (CDP, FIPS 12460) Location: 36.32663 N, 82.29545 W Population (1990): 2635 (1130 housing units) Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Central, UT Zip code(s): 84722

Moby Dictionary 134
Housing Units (2000): 169
Land area (2000): 247.950847 sq. miles (642.189718 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.496112 sq. miles (3.874913 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 249.446959 sq. miles (646.064631 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11690
Located within: Alaska (AK) , FIPS 02
Location: 65.533461 N , 144.695650 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99730
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Central , AK
Central

Moby Dictionary 3522
Housing Units (2000): 1832
Land area (2000): 2.406803 sq. miles (6.233590 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.406803 sq. miles (6.233590 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13015
Located within: South Carolina (SC) , FIPS 45
Location: 34.723781 N , 82.779754 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29630
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Central , SC
Central

Moby Dictionary 2717
Housing Units (2000): 1259
Land area (2000): 4.289392 sq. miles (11.109474 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000516 sq. miles (0.001337 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.289908 sq. miles (11.110811 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12460
Located within: Tennessee (TN) , FIPS 47
Location: 36.323090 N , 82.299684 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Central , TN
Central