Central
Proper place modifier
Central appears in many place names and institutional names, designating a main or centrally located entity: Central Park, Central America, Grand Central Station, Central Intelligence Agency.
In casual speech, Central often refers to a specific headquarters or main facility understood from context: I'll call Central and check. (Lowercase central means in the middle or of chief importance.)
Central command location
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- controlAuthority to direct
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
headquarters
Central command location
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- controlAuthority to direct
coordination · dispatch · hub · nexus · junction
- Tube LinesCircle, Jubilee, Piccadilly, Victoria
- Port ElizabethPort Elizabeth, Windy City, Harbour, Motherwell, Fairview
- department storesfitting room, Macy's, mannequin, Nordstrom, checkout
- Alaska PlacesJuneau, Fairbanks, Nome, Sitka, Ketchikan
- Financial HubsWall Street, City of London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Singapore
- Israeli PlacesTel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, Nazareth
Centralperipheral
External computer add-on
marginal · secondary · minor · incidental · tangential
Centraldecentralized
Lacking single authority
distributed · local · regional · federated · devolved
- central heatingBuilding-wide temperature system
- Central ParkManhattan's vast public greenspace
- Central AmericaIsthmus connecting two continents
- central airDucted household cooling system
- central stationPrimary transportation hub
- Central PacificRailroad from California eastward
eccentric, concentrate, Central Highlands, centrist, centralize, centrality, centralized, concentric, decentralize