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cen·tral
(sĕn′trəl)adj.
1. Situated at, in, or near the center: the central states.
2. Forming the center.
3. Having dominant or controlling power or influence: the company's central office.
4. Of basic importance; essential or principal: "Performance, including technological invention and artistic creation, will become central to education at all levels" (Frederick Turner).
5. Easily reached from various points: a central location for the new store.
6. Of or constituting a single source controlling all components of a system: central air conditioning.
7. Anatomy
a. Of, relating to, or originating from the nervous system.
b. Relating to a centrum.
8. Linguistics Articulated in the middle of the oral cavity; neither front nor back. Used of vowels, as the u in cut.
9. Holding to a moderate ideological position between two extremes.
n.
1.
a. A telephone exchange.
b. An operator at a telephone exchange.
2.
a. A location or agency for the control or coordination of a group of related activities: air command central.
b. Informal A location or area of intense activity: Their apartment was party central on weekends.
[Latin centrālis, from centrum, center; see center.]
cen′tral·ly adv.
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| Adv. | 1. | centrally - in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function; "The theater is centrally located" peripherally - in or at or near a periphery or according to a peripheral role or function or relationship |
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Translations
مَرْكِزِيّا، في المَرْكِز
centrálně
centralt
központilag
miîsvæîis
centrálne
merkezî olarak
centrally
[ˈsentrəlɪ] ADV [positioned, located] → en el centro, en un sitio céntricocentrally heated → con calefacción central
centrally planned economy → economía f de planificación central
he lives centrally → vive en el centro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
centrally
[ˈsɛntrəli] adv a centrally planned economy → une économie centralisée
centrally important → d'une importance crucialecentrally heated adj → équipé(e) du chauffage centralcentral nervous system n → système m nerveux centralcentral processing unit n (COMPUTING) → unité f centrale (de traitement)central reservation n (British) [motorway] → terre-plein m central
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
centrally
adv → zentral; centrally heated → zentralbeheizt; centrally planned economy → zentral gesteuerte or geplante Wirtschaft
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
central
(ˈsentrəl) adjective1. belonging to or near the centre (eg of a town). His flat is very central.
2. principal or most important. the central point of his argument.
ˈcentralize, ˈcentralise verb to bring under one control.
ˌcentraliˈzation, ˌcentraliˈsation nounˈcentrally adverb
centrally situated.
central heating heating of a building by water, steam or air through pipes from one central boiler etc.
ˌcentral ˈprocessing ˌunit nounsee CPU.
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