ALL meanings of central
cen·tral
C c - adjective central Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area. 3
- adjective central A place that is central is easy to reach because it is in the centre of a city, town, or particular area. 3
- adjective central A central group or organization makes all the important decisions that are followed throughout a larger organization or a country. 3
- adjective central The central person or thing in a particular situation is the most important one. 3
- adjective central in, at, of, from, containing, or forming the centre of something 3
- adjective central main, principal, or chief; most important 3
- adjective central of or relating to the central nervous system 3
- adjective central of or relating to the centrum of a vertebra 3
- adjective central 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 3
- adjective central (of a force) directed from or towards a point 3
- adjective central used to describe a place where a specified thing, quality, etc is to be found in abundance 3
- noun central former administrative region of SC Scotland, which included the former county of Clackmannan and parts of the former counties of Perth, Stirling, and West Lothian 3
- adjective central in, at, or near the center 3
- adjective central of or forming the center 3
- adjective central equally distant or accessible from various points 3
- adjective central most important; main; basic; principal 3
- adjective central of or having to do with a single source that controls all activity in an organization or system 3
- adjective central designating or of that part of a nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord or, in many invertebrates, the chief ganglia and their major nerve cords 3
- adjective central of the centrum of a vertebra 3
- adjective central articulated with the tongue in a position approximately halfway between front and back 3
- noun central a telephone exchange, esp. the main one, or the telephone operator 3
- noun central Of, at, or forming the center. 1
- adjective central in the middle 1
- adjective central most important 1
- adjective central of or forming the center: the central hut in the village. 1
- adjective central in, at, or near the center: a central position. 1
- adjective central constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend: a central office. 1
- adjective central principal; chief; dominant: the play's central character. 1
- adjective central Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the central nervous system. of or relating to the centrum of a vertebra. 1
- adjective central Phonetics. (of a speech sound) produced with the tongue articulating neither expressly forward nor in the back part of the mouth, as any of the sounds of lull. 1
- adjective central Physics. (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point. 1
- noun central a region in central Scotland. 1016 sq. mi. (2631 sq. km). 1
- noun plural central (in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar. 1
- adjective central Being in the centre. 0
- adjective central Being the most important. 0
- adjective central Having or containing the centre of something. 0
- adjective central Being very important, or key to something. 0
- adjective central (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs. 0