1. In or near a centre or constituting a centre; the inner area
   "a central position"
    
2. Serving as an essential component
   "the central cause of the problem";
   - cardinal, fundamental, key, primal

1. A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
   "The telephone company upgraded its central to handle more calls";
   - telephone exchange, exchange

Derived forms: centrals

See also: amidship, bicentric, bifocal, center [US], centered [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], centred [Brit, Cdn], centric, centrical, focal, halfway, important, medial, median, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, of import

Type of: work, workplace

Antonym: peripheral

Part of: phone system, telephone system

Encyclopedia: Central, Quezon City