central

central
central1
—centrally, adv.
/sen"treuhl/, adj.
1. of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
2. in, at, or near the center: a central position.
3. constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend: a central office.
4. principal; chief; dominant: the play's central character.
5. Anat., Zool.
a. of or pertaining to the central nervous system.
b. of or pertaining to the centrum of a vertebra.
6. Phonet. (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.
7. Physics. (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point.
n.
a. a main telephone exchange.
b. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
[1640-50; < L centralis, equiv. to centr(um) CENTER + -alis -AL1]
Syn. 4. major, main, key, leading, primary.
central2
/sen trahl"/; Sp. /sen trddahl"/, n., pl. centrals, Sp. centrales /-trddah"les/.
(in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar.
[ < AmerSp, special use of Sp central CENTRAL1]

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(as used in expressions)
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co.

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