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adjective

in, at, or near the center
of or forming the center
equally distant or accessible from various points
most important; main; basic; principal
of or having to do with a single source that controls all activity in an organization or system
1. designating or of that part of a nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord or, in many invertebrates, the chief ganglia and their major nerve cords
2. of the centrum of a vertebra
Phonet. articulated with the tongue in a position approximately halfway between front and back: said of certain vowels, as (u) in bud

noun

a telephone exchange, esp. the main one, or the telephone operator: an early term

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centrally adverb

former administrative region of SC Scotland, which included the former county of Clackmannan and parts of the former counties of Perth, Stirling, and West Lothian

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