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 the centre; in the centre.

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

Situated in the centre; pert, a vertebral centrum.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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