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"

used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place; " the people of Central and Northern Europe"; " country in central Africa"

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

in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; " a central position"; " central heating and air conditioning"

centrally located and easy to reach; " the central city has good bus service"; " the shop has a central location"

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.

Alt. of Centrale

Relating to, or situated in, the middle; chief; leading.

Centrally.

Relating to or at the center.

Relating to the centre; in the centre.

Of or pertaining to or acting from the center; chief.

Relating to, placed in, containing, or from the centre. Central forces, the two antagonist forces under whose action bodies revolve round a central point.

Situated in the centre; pert, a vertebral centrum.

There is no harm whatever in changing our views about the meaning of difficult passages- provided we never let go our hold on the central truth, and put the error to our own account, not saying that the Word itself is wrong. – Creation and Its Records by B.H. Baden-Powell

The dark brown streak or dental star is situated in the central portion of the nippers and dividers. – Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D. V. M.

He made England too hot to hold him, fled to Central America, and died there in 1876 of yellow fever. – The Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle

As the eastern side of the palace gave evidence of having been the domestic quarter, so the west- central part showed traces of having had a special religious significance in the palace life. – The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie

Because here after all is power- here is the central machine. – Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward

But the teaching of history as it has been carried on for some years, would have to travel a long way to arrive at this central point of view. – The Education of Catholic Girls by Janet Erskine Stuart

The central idea i. – The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume

There was another pause- so long a one that Central almost cut us off. – I Walked in Arden by Jack Crawford

It was all new and painful, and she was one of the central figures expected to act on through all the pictures, taking another's place, yet doing it as if it were her own. – Marcia Schuyler by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

This boy, who " was always everywhere," made no hesitation, but walked straight up to the central group, taking Leslie by the hand. – A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

The central idea in 'Uriel' is that there is no such thing as evil. – The Three Heron's Feathers by Hermann Sudermann

It's so central but I don't suppose David would hear of it. – Turn About Eleanor by Ethel M. Kelley

All Central Kentucky had been swept clear of the Federals. – Raiding with Morgan by Byron A. Dunn

Are we going to Central Park?" – The Way of Ambition by Robert Hichens

The body dieth when the central will of its system no longer bindeth in obedience the elements of its substance. – The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Edward Maitland

The nice part was, what central bank was going to step in? – The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover

Lying a little north of the village was the solid stone house of Chief Justice Chew, and it remains famous as the central point in the bitter fight of that day. – Washington and his Comrades in Arms A Chronicle of the War of Independence by George Wrong

Early in the morning he found himself at the Central Station again, where, having obtained his bag, he made his way towards Victoria Station and caught the early train for Brunford. – The Day of Judgment by Joseph Hocking

She was waiting for the central office to acknowledge her call. – Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews

The final solution had been the huge central control ship. – The Black Star Passes by John W Campbell