[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

central \cen"tral\, a. l. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. f.
   central. see center.
   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.
   1913 webster

   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 maumdler 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.
      1913 webster central
see also:
center central force center sun 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

central \cen"tral\, centrale \centra"le\, n. nl. centrale, fr.
   l. centralis. anat.
   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.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

central
     adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the
            central cause of the problem"; "an example that was
            fundamental to the argument"; "computers are
            fundamental to modern industrial structure" syn: cardinal,
             fundamental, key, primal
     2: in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner
        area; "a central position"; "central heating and air
        conditioning" ant: peripheral
     3: used in the description of a place that in the middle of
        another place; "the people of central and northern
        europe"; "country in central africa"
     4: centrally located and easy to reach; "the central city has
        good bus service"; "the shop has a central location"
     n : a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility
         where lines from telephones can be connected together to
         permit communication syn: telephone exchange, exchange
see also:
cardinal fundamental key primal peripheral telephone exchange 
exchange 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

232 moby thesaurus words for "central":
   pbx operator, aboriginal, accented, all-absorbing, alveolar,
   amidships, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, arch, articulated,
   assimilated, automatic exchange, average, axial, back, banal,
   banner, barytone, basal, basic, bedrock, bilabial, broad,
   cacuminal, capital, cardinal, center, centermost, central office,
   centralized, centric, centroidal, centrosymmetric, cerebral,
   champion, checked, chief, close, common, concentrated, consonant,
   consonantal, continuant, controlling, core, crowning, crucial,
   deep, dental, dissimilated, dominant, dorsal, elemental,
   elementary, embryonic, equatorial, equidistant, essential, first,
   flat, focal, foremost, front, fundamental, generative, genetic,
   geocentric, germinal, glide, glossal, glottal, great, guttural,
   halfway, hard, headmost, heavy, hegemonic, high, important,
   in embryo, in ovo, indispensable, indoor, inmost, inner, innermost,
   inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, internal, intestine,
   intimate, intonated, intrinsic, inward, key, labial, labiodental,
   labiovelar, lateral, lax, leading, life-and-death, life-or-death,
   light, lingual, liquid, long distance, low,
   machine-switching office, magisterial, main, master, material,
   mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial,
   mezzo, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middlemost, middling,
   midland, midmost, midships, midway, moderate, monophthongal, muted,
   narrow, nasal, nasalized, normal, nuclear, occlusive,
   of vital importance, omphalic, open, operator, ordinary, original,
   outstanding, overriding, overruling, oxytone, palatal, palatalized,
   panel switching, paramount, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic,
   phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, pivotal, posttonic, predominant,
   preeminent, pregnant, preponderant, prevailing, primal, primary,
   prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, principal, pristine,
   protogenic, radical, ranking, retroflex, rounded, routine,
   rudimentary, ruling, salient, seminal, semivowel, signal,
   significant, soft, sonant, sovereign, standard, star, stellar,
   stopped, stressed, strong, substantive, supereminent, surd,
   switchboard operator, syllabic, telephone exchange,
   telephone office, telephone operator, telephonist, tense, thick,
   throaty, tonal, tonic, topflight, twangy, umbilical, unaccented,
   unrounded, unstressed, usual, velar, vital, vocalic, vocoid,
   voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

central. relating to the centre, or placed in the centre; as, the central 
courts of the united states, are those located in the city of washington, 
whose jurisdiction extends over the whole country. these are, first, the 
senate of the united states, when organized to try impeachments; secondly, 
the supreme court of the united states. 
     2. the government of the united states is the central government. 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

central, ak cdp, fips 11690
  location: 65.55583 n, 144.85782 w
  population 1990: 52 78 housing units
  area: 140.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 99730
central, in
  zip codes: 47110
central, nm village, fips 13550
  location: 32.77530 n, 108.15424 w
  population 1990: 1835 700 housing units
  area: 2.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 88026
central, sc town, fips 13015
  location: 34.72335 n, 82.78297 w
  population 1990: 2438 1282 housing units
  area: 4.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 29630
central, tn cdp, fips 12460
  location: 36.32663 n, 82.29545 w
  population 1990: 2635 1130 housing units
  area: 11.6 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water
central, ut
  zip codes: 84722

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

central, ak -- u.s. census designated place in alaska
   population 2000:    134
   housing units 2000: 169
   land area 2000:     247.950847 sq. miles 642.189718 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.496112 sq. miles 3.874913 sq. km
   total area 2000:    249.446959 sq. miles 646.064631 sq. km
   fips code:            11690
   located within:       alaska ak, fips 02
   location:             65.533461 n, 144.695650 w
   zip codes 1990:     99730
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    central, ak
    central

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

central, sc -- u.s. town in south carolina
   population 2000:    3522
   housing units 2000: 1832
   land area 2000:     2.406803 sq. miles 6.233590 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.406803 sq. miles 6.233590 sq. km
   fips code:            13015
   located within:       south carolina sc, fips 45
   location:             34.723781 n, 82.779754 w
   zip codes 1990:     29630
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    central, sc
    central

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

central, tn -- u.s. census designated place in tennessee
   population 2000:    2717
   housing units 2000: 1259
   land area 2000:     4.289392 sq. miles 11.109474 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000516 sq. miles 0.001337 sq. km
   total area 2000:    4.289908 sq. miles 11.110811 sq. km
   fips code:            12460
   located within:       tennessee tn, fips 47
   location:             36.323090 n, 82.299684 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    central, tn
    central

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