CENTRALLY

centrally

(adverb) in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function; “The theater is centrally located”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

centrally (comparative more centrally, superlative most centrally)

(location) In a central manner or situation; at, to, through or from the centre.

Source: Wiktionary


Cen"tral*ly, adv.

Definition: In a central manner or situation.

CENTRAL

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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18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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