central
central is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. 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 Mädler 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.
- 2.The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- alembic
- amianth
- amianthus
- andiron
- annihilator
- area
- asbestos
- athanor
- attic
- axial
- axis
- azygous
- backbone
- backlog
- bakehouse
- bath
- benumb
- bite
- boiler
- box
- brasier
- brigade
- bring
- buoyancy
- burn
- burner
- caboose
- caldron
- camboose
- center
- centrality
- centralization
- centralize
- centrally
- centrical
- chamber
- chatter
- chill
- coal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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