of or having to do with a single source that controls all activity in an organization or system
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
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
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
See central in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sĕnˈtrəl)
adjective
Situated at, in, or near the center: the central states.
Forming the center.
Having dominant or controlling power or influence: the company's central office.
Of basic importance; essential or principal: “Performance, including technological invention and artistic creation, will become central to education at all levels”(Frederick Turner).
Easily reached from various points: a central location for the new store.
Of or constituting a single source controlling all components of a system: central air conditioning.
Anatomy
a. Of, relating to, or originating from the nervous system.
b. Relating to a centrum.
Linguistics Articulated in the middle of the oral cavity; neither front nor back. Used of vowels, as the u in cut.
Holding to a moderate ideological position between two extremes.
noun
a. A telephone exchange.
b. An operator at a telephone exchange.
An office or agency at the center of a group of related activities that serves to control and coordinate them: traffic central.