central as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
central
noun
1 central
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.
synonyms: exchange, telephone exchange.
Dutch: centrale, devies, deviezen, telefooncentrale
Polish: centrala telekomunikacyjna
adjective
1 central
Serving as an essential component:
— The central cause of the problem.
synonyms: cardinal, fundamental, key, primal.
Roget 222:
central,
centrical†;
middle
etc.
68;
azygous,
axial,
focal,
umbilical,
concentric;
middlemost;
rachidian†;
spinal,
vertebral.
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Roget 68:
middle,
medial,
mesial [Med.],
mean,
mid,
median,
average;
middlemost,
midmost;
mediate;
intermediate
etc.
(interjacent)
228;
equidistant;
central
etc.
222;
mediterranean,
equatorial;
homocentric.
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Polish: wytyczny, bazowy, rdzenny, centralny, główny
2 central
In or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area.
Polish: centryczny, środkowy, centralny
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