central (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 3 senses of the word *central*:
ADJECTIVE	all	central, cardinal, fundamental, key, primal	serving as an essential component
all	central	in or near a center or constituting a center
NOUN	artifact	central, telephone exchange, exchange	a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

central > pronunciation
Sounds	seh'ntrahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *central*: 3 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Serving as an essential component.
Example	"the central cause of the problem"
Synonyms	cardinal, fundamental, key, primal
Broader	important, of import	Of great significance / significance or value
Spanish	básico, central, elemental, esencial, fundamental, primordial
Catalan	bàsic, central, clau, elemental, essencial, fonamental, primordial
Nouns	center	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Nouns	center	the object upon which interest and attention focuses

English > *central*: 3 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	In or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area.
Example	"a central position"
Narrower	amidship	Located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft
	bicentric	Having two centers
	bifocal	Having two foci
	center, halfway, middle, midway	Equally distant from the extremes / extremes
	centered	Being or placed in the center
	centric, centrical	Having or situated at or near a center
	focal	Having or localized centrally at a focus
	median, medial	relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
	middlemost, midmost	In the exact middle
	nuclear	constituting or like a nucleus
See also	inner	Located or occurring within or closer to a center
Opposite	peripheral	On or near an edge or constituting / constituting an outer boundary
Spanish	central
Catalan	central
Nouns	center	a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
	center	an area that is approximately central within some larger / larger region
	central	a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
	centrality	the property of being central
Adverbs	centrally	in or near / near or toward a center or according to a central role or function

English > *central*: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.
Synonyms	telephone exchange, exchange
Part of	telephone system, phone system	A communication system that transmits sound between distant points
Narrower	centrex	(CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange
Narrower	switchboard, patchboard, plugboard	telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
Broader	workplace, work	A place where work is done
Spanish	central, central telefónica
Catalan	central
Adjectives	central	in or near a center or constituting a center

HyperDic: central