central
IPA: sˈɛntrʌɫ
noun
- (especially US) centre
- A former local government region in central Scotland, created in 1975 mainly from Stirlingshire, abolished in 1996 and divided into 3 council areas: Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling (which were districts within the region).
- Central (an area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong)
- The Central Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Central London Railway.
adjective
- Being in the centre.
- Having or containing the centre of something.
- Being very important, or key to something.
- (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
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Examples of "central" in Sentences
- The central focus of the complex is the tomb.
- The Abbey forms the central heart of the school.
- The Central Library is the heart of the University.
- The central focus of this schematic was the context.
- The central station is the heart of the digital system.
- Central to the book is the importance of the Enlightenment.
- The pentacle is of central importance in the evocation of spirits.
- Central Chennai is the commercial heart of the city and the downtown area.
- Eigenvector centrality is a measure of the importance of a node in a network.
- Situated on the banks of the Colagne river in the heart of the Massif central.
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