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cen·tral  (sntrl)

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. An office or agency at the center of a group of related activities that serves to control and coordinate them: traffic central.

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[Latin centrlis, from centrum, center; see center.]

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central·ly adv.

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central [ˈsɛntrəl]

adj

1. in, at, of, from, containing, or forming the centre of something the central street in a city the central material of a golf ball

2. main, principal, or chief; most important the central cause of a problem

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy)

a.  of or relating to the central nervous system

b.  of or relating to the centrum of a vertebra

4. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the tongue held in an intermediate position halfway between the positions for back and front vowels, as for the a of English soda

5. (Physics / General Physics) (of a force) directed from or towards a point

6. Informal (immediately postpositive) used to describe a place where a specified thing, quality, etc. is to be found in abundance nostalgia central

centrally  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	central - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication telephone exchange, exchange centrex - (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange patchboard, plugboard, switchboard - telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords phone system, telephone system - a communication system that transmits sound between distant points workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
Adj.	1.	central - 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" cardinal, fundamental, key, primal important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
	2.	central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position" peripheral - on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"

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central

adjective

1. inner, middle, mid, interior She had a house in central London.
inner outer, exterior, outermost

2. main, chief, key, essential, primary, principal, fundamental, focal The Poll Tax was a central part of Mrs Thatcher's reform of local government.
main minor, secondary, subsidiary, subordinate

Translations

central [ˈsentrəl]

A. ADJ

1. (= in the middle) → central
the houses are arranged around a central courtyard → las casas están distribuidas alrededor de un patio central

2. (= near the centre of town) [house, office, location] → céntrico
I'm looking for somewhere more central → busco algo más céntrico
his flat is very central → su piso está muy céntrico
it's in central Paris → está en el centro de París

3. (= principal) [figure, problem, idea, fact] → central, fundamental; [role] → fundamental; [aim] → principal
of central importance → de la mayor importancia, primordial
the issue of Aids is central to the plot of the film → el tema del SIDA es fundamental en el argumento de la película
it is central to our policy → es un punto clave de nuestra política

4. (Admin, Pol) [committee, planning, control etc] → central

B. N (US) (= exchange) → central f telefónica

C. CPD Central African Republic N → República f Centroafricana
Central America N → Centroamérica f, América f Central
Central Asia N → Asia f Central
central bank N → banco m central
central casting N (Cine) → departamento m de reparto or casting
a Texan farmer straight from or out of central casting (fig hum) → un granjero tejano de pura cepa or con toda la barba
Central Daylight Time N (US) → horario m de verano de la zona central(de Estados Unidos)
Central Europe N → Europa f Central
central government N → gobierno m central
central heating N → calefacción f central
central locking N (Aut) → cierre m centralizado
central nervous system N → sistema m nervioso central
central processing unit N (Comput) → unidad f central de proceso
central reservation N (Brit) (Aut) → mediana f
Central Standard Time N (US) → horario m de la zona central(de Estados Unidos)
see also Central American, Central Asian, Central European

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central [ˈsɛntrəl] adj

(= in the middle) → central(e)

(= convenient) [place] → bien situé(e)

[group, organization] → central(e)

(= leading) → principal(e)

(= important) to be central to sth → être au centre de qch
Central African adj → centrafricain

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central

adj

→ zentral, Zentral-; (= main, chief) → Haupt-; the central area of the city → das Innenstadtgebiet; central London → das Zentrum von London; our house is very central → unser Haus liegt sehr zentral

(fig) → wesentlich; importance, figure, issue → zentral; role → wesentlich, zentral; to be central to something → das Wesentliche an etw (dat) → sein; he plays a central role or part in … → er spielt eine zentrale or wesentliche Rolle bei …

n (US: = exchange, operator) → (Telefon)zentrale f, → Fernamt nt

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central:

Central African Republic

n → Zentralafrikanische Republik

Central America

n → Mittelamerika nt

Central American

adj → mittelamerikanisch

n → Mittelamerikaner(in) m(f);

Central Asian

adj → zentralasiatisch

central casting

n (esp US Film) → Castingagentur f; straight out of central (fig) → wie eine klassische Figur aus dem Film

Central Committee

n (Pol) → Zentralkomitee nt

Central Europe

n → Mitteleuropa nt

Central European

adj → mitteleuropäisch

n → Mitteleuropäer(in) m(f)

Central European Time

n → mitteleuropäische Zeit

central government

n → Zentralregierung f

central heating

n → Zentralheizung f

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central:

central nervous system

n → Zentralnervensystem nt

central processing unit

n (Comput) → Zentraleinheit f

central reservation

n → Mittelstreifen m, → Grünstreifen m

Central Standard Time

n → Central Standard Time f

central station

n → Hauptbahnhof m

central unit

n (Comput) → Zentraleinheit f

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central [ˈsɛntr/əl] adj → centrale

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central

adj central [ˈsentrəl]

1 belonging to or near the centre (eg of a town) His flat is very central. sentraal مَرْكَزي، في المركز централен ve středu města central zentral κεντρικός central keskuses(asuv), keskel(asuv) مرکزی؛ واقع در مرکز keskeinen, keski- central מֵרכָּזִי केन्द्रीय središnji, glavni központi pusat miðlægur, miðsvæðis centrale 中心の 중심의 centre esantis, netoli centro, centrinis centrāls; centra- pusat bandar centraal sentral śródmiejski central central расположенный в центре v centre središčen, osrednji u samom centru central ที่เป็นศูนย์กลาง merkezî 中心的 розташований у центрі مرکز پر یا مرکز کے نزدیک thuộc trung tâm 中心的

2 principal or most important the central point of his argument. vernaamste مَرْكَزي، رَئيسي главен nejdůležitější, ústřední central; hoved- zentral κύριος principal keskne اصلی؛ عمده keskeinen, pää- central עִקָרִי @@@עִיקָרִי$$$ अत्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण središnji, glavni központi inti megin-, aðal- centrale, principale 主要な 주요한 svarbiausias galvenais paling penting belangrijkst hoved-, midt-, sentral- główny central principal центральный; главный ústredný glaven centralni central-, huvud- สำคัญ ana 主要的 центральний مرکزی یا سب سے اہم quan trọng nhất 主要的

v centralize, ˈcentralise

to bring under one control. sentraliseer, sentreer يُرَكِّزُ السُّلْطَه في المَرْكِز централизирам (се) centralizovat centralisere zentralisieren συγκεντρώνω centralizar tsentraliseerima متمرکز کردن keskittää centraliser לְמַרכֵּז केन्द्रीयकरण करना centralizirati, usredotočiti központosít memusat koma undir eina stjórn centralizzare, accentrare 中央集権化する 중앙 집중화하다 centralizuoti centralizēt berpusat centraliseren sentralisere, konsentrere centralizować centralizar a centraliza централизовать centralizovať centralizirati centralizovati centralisera รวมอำนาจมาศูนย์กลาง merkezîleştirmek 集中控制，集權中央 централізувати مرتکز کرنز ، ایک مرکز پہ لانا tập trung 集中控制

n centraliˈzation, ˌcentraliˈsation

sentralisasie تَرْكيز، تَمَرْكُز централизация centralizace centralisering die Zentralisierung συγκεντρωτισμός centralización tsentraliseerimine تمرکز؛ متمرکز سازی keskittäminen centralisation מִרכּוּז केन्द्रीयकरण centralizacija központosítás sentralisasi miðstÿring centralizzazione, accentramento 中央集権 중앙화, 중앙 집권 centralizacija, centralizavimas centralizācija; centralizēšana pemusatan centralisering sentralisering, konsentrering centralizacja centralização cen­tra­lizare централизация centralizácia centralizacija centralizacija centralisering การรวมอำนาจมาอยู่ส่วนกลาง merkezîleştirme 集中 централізація مرکز پہ لانے کی خاصیت sự tập trung quyền lực 集中

adv centrally

centrally situated. sentraal مَرْكِزِيّا، في المَرْكِز централно centrálně centralt zentral κεντρικά céntrico keskel, keskuses در مرکز؛ بطور مرکزی keskellä, keskustassa centralement בַּמֶרכַּז केन्द्रित srednji központilag di pusat miðsvæðis al centro 中心に 중앙 집중적으로 centre esantis centrāli; centrā di pusat centraal sentralt, i midten centralnie centralmente în cen­tru центрально centrálne središčno, osrednje centralno centralt อย่างเป็นส่วนกลาง merkezî olarak 集中地 центрально مرکزی طور پر trung tâm 集中地

central heating

heating of a building by water, steam or air through pipes from one central boiler etc. sentrale verwarming تَدْفِئَه مَرْكَزِيَّه централно парно ústřední topení centralvarme die Zentralheizung κεντρική θέρμανση calefacción central keskküte سیستم گرمایشی مرکزی keskuslämmitys chauffage central חִמוּם מֶרכַּזִי @@@חִימוּם מֶרכַּזִי$$$ केन्द्रीकृत रूप से गरम करना centralno grijanje központi fűtés pemanasan sentral miðstöðvarhitun riscaldamento centrale セントラルヒーティング 중앙 집중 난방 centrinis šildymas centrālapkure pemanasan sentral centrale verwarming sentralvarme centralne ogrzewanie aquecimento central încălzire centrală центральное отопление ústredné kúrenie centralna kurjava centralno grejanje centralvärme ระบบทำความร้อนให้กับอาคารโดยการส่งอากาศหรือน้ำร้อนผ่านท่อในอาคาร kalorifer, merkezî ısıtma sistemi 中央暖氣系統 центральне опалення مرکزی حرارتی نظام hệ thống sưởi trung tâm 集中供暖

n central ˈprocessing ˌunit

see CPU. sentrale verwerkingseenheid وِحْدَة المُعالَجَه المَرْكَزِيَّه процесор centrální řídicí jednotka, centrální procesor central processorenhed die CPU (zentrale Prozesseinheit) βλ. CΡU unidad central de proceso keskseade دستگاه داده پردازی مرکزی יְחִידַת עִבּוּד מֶרְכַּזִית सीपीयू CPU Unità Centrale di Elaborazione 中央処理装置 중앙 처리장치 centrinis procesorius CPU CVE (sentral)prosessorenhet procesor центральный процессор základná jednotka počítača, mikroprocesor centralna procesna jedinica centralenhet ซีพียู, ระบบปฏิบัติการส่วนกลาง Ana /Merkezî İşlem Birimi 中央處理器 центральний процесор کمپیوٹر کا مرکزی حصہ bộ xử lý trung tâm 中央处理器

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central → مركزى střední central zentral κεντρικός central keskeinen central centralan centrale 中央の 중심의 centraal sentral centralny central центральный central ที่เป็นศูนย์กลาง merkezi ở trung tâm 中心的