Sekirov Dictionary

central

/ˈsɛntɹ(ə)l/

adjective 8
noun 2
forms 6
phrases 1

adjective8

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in or close to the middle of a place or thing
- Egyption Thebes; / Tyre by the margin of the sounding waves; / Palmyra, central in the Desert, fell; / And the Arts died by which they had been raised. — 1814
Having or containing the centre of something.
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Being very important, or key to something.
- Cleverley was a central figure as England took the lead inside three minutes. He saw his shot handled by Moldovan defender Simion Bulgaru and Lampard drilled home the penalty in trademark fashion. — 2012
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Of or pertaining to the Central Powers.
- On this score, then, it is quite clear that up to now neither the Entente nor the Central armies have been outmanoeuvred, or indeed have invented a weapon of offence that has produced decisive results. — 1917
Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.
Of an element of an algebraic structure: which commutes with all other elements under multiplication
Of a unital algebra over a field: whose center is exactly equal to the image of the base field

noun2

(US) center
A former local government region in central Scotland, created in 1975 mainly from Stirlingshire, abolished in 1996 and divided into 3 council areas: Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling (which were districts within the region).

forms

centrals · more central · centermost · centralmost · centremost · most central

Phrases with central

out of central casting
Conforming to the stereotypical image of a particular type of person or group.

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