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cen•tral
Pronunciation: (sen'trul), [key] ? adj.
- 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.
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- of or pertaining to the central nervous system.
- of or pertaining to the centrum of a vertebra.
- (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.
- (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point.
?n. - (formerly)
- a main telephone exchange.
- a telephone operator at such an exchange.
cen•tral
Pronunciation: (sen-trl' Sp. sen-trl'), [key] ? pl. -trals, -tra•les
- (in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar.
Cen•tral
Pronunciation: (sen'trul), [key] ? n.
- a region in central Scotland. 269,281. 1016 sq. mi. (2631 sq. km).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.