central

nouns

a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

central, exchange, telephone exchange

adjectives

serving as an essential component

"a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal

is derived from

center

is derived from

center

in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

"a central position"

central

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is derived from

is derived from

antonym

is similar to

located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft

amidship

is similar to

having two centers

bicentric

is similar to

having two foci

"bifocal eyeglasses"

bifocal

is similar to

equally distant from the extremes

center, halfway, middle, midway

is similar to

being or placed in the center

centered

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having or situated at or near a center

centric, centrical

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having or localized centrally at a focus

"focal point"; "focal infection"

focal

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relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

medial, median

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being in the exact middle

middlemost, midmost

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constituting or like a nucleus

"annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation"

nuclear