Definition of Central

1. Noun. A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.

Exact synonyms: Exchange, Telephone Exchange
Specialized synonyms: Centrex, Patchboard, Plugboard, Switchboard
Group relationships: Phone System, Telephone System
Generic synonyms: Work, Workplace

2. Adjective. Serving as an essential component. "Computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
Exact synonyms: Cardinal, Fundamental, Key, Primal
Similar to: Important, Of Import
Derivative terms: Center, Center

3. Adjective. In or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area. "A central position"

Definition of Central

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. 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.

Definition of Central

1. situated at, in, or near the center [adj -TRALER, -TRALEST] / a telephone exchange [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Central

centipoise
centner
centners
cento
centoist
centoists
centonel
centonels
centones
centos
centra
centra
centractin
centrad
centrage
central (current term)
central-bearing device
central-bearing point
central-bearing tracing device
centraler
centralest
centralis
centralisation
centralise
centralised
centralised hospital services
centralised sewage treatment
centralises
centralising
centralising(a)

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