central
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
central
adj 1: 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" [syn: {cardinal},
{central}, {fundamental}, {key}, {primal}]
2: in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area;
"a central position" [ant: {peripheral}]
n 1: a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility
where lines from telephones can be connected together to
permit communication [syn: {central}, {telephone exchange},
{exchange}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Central \Cen"tral\, a. [L. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. F.
central. See {Center}.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
{Central force} (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards
or away from a fixed or movable center.
{Center sun} (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body
about which M[aum]dler supposed the solar system together
with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A
point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess
characteristics of the position of such a body.
[1913 Webster] Central
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Central, AK (CDP, FIPS 11690)
Location: 65.55583 N, 144.85782 W
Population (1990): 52 (78 housing units)
Area: 140.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99730
Central, IN
Zip code(s): 47110
Central, NM (village, FIPS 13550)
Location: 32.77530 N, 108.15424 W
Population (1990): 1835 (700 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 88026
Central, SC (town, FIPS 13015)
Location: 34.72335 N, 82.78297 W
Population (1990): 2438 (1282 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29630
Central, TN (CDP, FIPS 12460)
Location: 36.32663 N, 82.29545 W
Population (1990): 2635 (1130 housing units)
Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Central, UT
Zip code(s): 84722
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Central, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 134
Housing Units (2000): 169
Land area (2000): 247.950847 sq. miles (642.189718 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.496112 sq. miles (3.874913 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 249.446959 sq. miles (646.064631 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11690
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 65.533461 N, 144.695650 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99730
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Central, AK
Central
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Central, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 3522
Housing Units (2000): 1832
Land area (2000): 2.406803 sq. miles (6.233590 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.406803 sq. miles (6.233590 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13015
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.723781 N, 82.779754 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29630
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Central, SC
Central
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Central, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee
Population (2000): 2717
Housing Units (2000): 1259
Land area (2000): 4.289392 sq. miles (11.109474 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000516 sq. miles (0.001337 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.289908 sq. miles (11.110811 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12460
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.323090 N, 82.299684 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Central, TN
Central
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CENTRAL. Relating to the centre, or placed in the centre; as, the central
courts of the United States, are those located in the city of Washington,
whose jurisdiction extends over the whole country. These are, first, the
Senate of the United States, when organized to try impeachments; secondly,
the Supreme Court of the United States.
2. The government of the United States is the central government.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
232 Moby Thesaurus words for "central":
PBX operator, aboriginal, accented, all-absorbing, alveolar,
amidships, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, arch, articulated,
assimilated, automatic exchange, average, axial, back, banal,
banner, barytone, basal, basic, bedrock, bilabial, broad,
cacuminal, capital, cardinal, center, centermost, central office,
centralized, centric, centroidal, centrosymmetric, cerebral,
champion, checked, chief, close, common, concentrated, consonant,
consonantal, continuant, controlling, core, crowning, crucial,
deep, dental, dissimilated, dominant, dorsal, elemental,
elementary, embryonic, equatorial, equidistant, essential, first,
flat, focal, foremost, front, fundamental, generative, genetic,
geocentric, germinal, glide, glossal, glottal, great, guttural,
halfway, hard, headmost, heavy, hegemonic, high, important,
in embryo, in ovo, indispensable, indoor, inmost, inner, innermost,
inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, internal, intestine,
intimate, intonated, intrinsic, inward, key, labial, labiodental,
labiovelar, lateral, lax, leading, life-and-death, life-or-death,
light, lingual, liquid, long distance, low,
machine-switching office, magisterial, main, master, material,
mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial,
mezzo, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middlemost, middling,
midland, midmost, midships, midway, moderate, monophthongal, muted,
narrow, nasal, nasalized, normal, nuclear, occlusive,
of vital importance, omphalic, open, operator, ordinary, original,
outstanding, overriding, overruling, oxytone, palatal, palatalized,
panel switching, paramount, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic,
phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, pivotal, posttonic, predominant,
preeminent, pregnant, preponderant, prevailing, primal, primary,
prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, principal, pristine,
protogenic, radical, ranking, retroflex, rounded, routine,
rudimentary, ruling, salient, seminal, semivowel, signal,
significant, soft, sonant, sovereign, standard, star, stellar,
stopped, stressed, strong, substantive, supereminent, surd,
switchboard operator, syllabic, telephone exchange,
telephone office, telephone operator, telephonist, tense, thick,
throaty, tonal, tonic, topflight, twangy, umbilical, unaccented,
unrounded, unstressed, usual, velar, vital, vocalic, vocoid,
voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide
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