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      central
      noun
      (especially US) center
      The Central Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Central London Railway.
      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).
      An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
      A district of Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran.
      adjective
      Being very important, or key to something.
      Being in the centre.
      Having or containing the centre of something.
      (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
      (algebra) 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
      Roots
      kentroncentr- · Greek · center
      Synonyms for central
      middlemostadjcentralizedadjkeyadjcentricadjmainadjprimaladjmiddlenfundamentaladjmidmostadjcoren
      Words related to central
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