central: Meaning and Definition of

cen•tral

1. of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
2. in, at, or near the center: a central position.
3. constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend: a central office.
4. principal; chief; dominant: the play's central character.
1. of or pertaining to the central nervous system.
2. of or pertaining to the centrum of a vertebra.
6. (of a speech sound) produced with the tongue articulating neither expressly forward nor in the back part of the mouth, as any of the sounds of lull.
7. (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point.

1. (formerly)
1. a main telephone exchange.
2. a telephone operator at such an exchange.

cen•tral

1. (in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar.

Cen•tral

1. a region in central Scotland. 269,281. 1016 sq. mi. (2631 sq. km).