central : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic
  Bangui.
  

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• (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.

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• noun a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960
  Central Africa.
  

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• noun a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960
  Central Africa.
  

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• noun the basic unit of money in the Central African Republic
  

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• noun the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia
  
• noun the nations of Central America collectively
  

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• noun a native or inhabitant of Central America
  
• adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
  Central American country.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
  Central American country.
  

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• noun fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina
  Campyloneurum augustifolium; narrow-leaved strap fern.
  

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• noun a branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve
  arteria centralis retinae.
  

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• noun a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government
  

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• noun small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
  centrosome.
  

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• noun black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees
  Pan troglodytes troglodytes.
  

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• noun the central part of a city
  city center; city centre.
  

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• noun a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India
  

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• (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center.

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• noun either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus
  

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• noun a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators
  

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• noun an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council
  CIA.
  

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• noun the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies
  CIM.
  

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• noun the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
  systema nervosum centrale; CNS.
  

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• noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
  main office; home office; headquarters; home base.
  
  • many companies have their headquarters in New York

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• noun a large park in Manhattan
  

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• noun in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
  

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• noun (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
  C.P.U.; mainframe; processor; central processing unit; CPU.
  
  • the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached

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• noun (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
  C.P.U.; mainframe; processor; central processing unit; CPU.
  
  • the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached

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• noun a scotoma that involves the fixation point
  

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• noun standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States
  CST; Central Standard Time.
  

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• noun a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
  sulcus centralis; fissure of Rolando; Rolando's fissure.
  

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• noun a branch of the Tai languages
  Siamese; Thai.
  

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• noun standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States
  CST; Central Standard Time.
  

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• noun vein formed by the union of the retinal veins; accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nerve
  vena centrales retinae.
  

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• noun a single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal vein
  vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis.
  

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• noun terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids
  venae centrales hepatis.
  

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• noun vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field
  

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• noun the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  DCI.
  

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• adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia
  

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• noun the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency
  
  • The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve

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• noun where ovules develop on a central column in a compound ovary lacking septa or with septa at base only
  

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• noun a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country
  

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Neu`ro-cen"tral adjective

Etymology

Neuro- + central.

Definitions

1. (Anat.) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture. Huxley.

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• adjective satellite being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado
  
• adjective satellite situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
  
  • the north-central part of Russia

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• adjective satellite situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
  
  • south-central London
• adjective satellite being in or of a region of the United States including the states of the lower Mississippi valley and east of the Rio Grande
  

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• noun a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India
  

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• adjective satellite of a region of the United States usually including Colorado; Nevada; Utah
  

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