CENTRAL

central

(adjective) in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; “a central position”

cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal

(adjective) 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”

central, telephone exchange, exchange

(noun) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

central (comparative more central, superlative most central)

Being in the centre.

Having or containing the centre of something.

Being very important, or key to something.

Synonyms: dominant, main, principal

(anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

Proper noun

Central

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).

The Central Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Central London Railway.

Source: Wiktionary


Cen"tral, a. Etym: [L. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. F. central. See Center.]

Definition: 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. 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 Mädler 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.

Cen"tral, Cen*tra"le, n. Etym: [NL. centrale, fr. L. centralis.] (Anat.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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