| central | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. central, exchange, telephone exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication. |
| ~ 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. | 2. cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal | 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" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| adj. | 3. central | in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area.; "a central position" |
| ~ amidship | located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ bicentric | having two centers. |
| ~ bifocal | having two foci.; "bifocal eyeglasses" |
| ~ center, halfway, midway, middle | equally distant from the 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.; "focal point"; "focal infection" |
| ~ medial, median | relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle. |
| ~ middlemost, midmost | being in the exact middle. |
| ~ nuclear | constituting or like a nucleus.; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation" |
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