Thesaurus: central

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1. a. 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.
2. n. Alt. of Centrale
3. adj. serving as an essential component
4. adj. in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
5. n. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
6. 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. 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 Mädler 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. 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.
7. Relating to the center; situated in or near the center ormiddle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near thecenter; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or awayfrom a fixed or movable center.-- Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body aboutwhich Mädler supposed the solar system together with all the stars inthe Milky Way, to be revolving. A point near Alcyone in the Pleiadeswas supposed to possess characteristics of the position of such abody.
8. j:100 n. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication a. in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area