centrals
Telephone hub systems
Centrals is the plural of central, typically referring to things occupying a middle or primary position.
In American sports, it commonly designates teams or divisions in a central geographic region: The Centrals dominated the conference this year.
The term also appears in references to central stations, exchanges, or hubs, particularly in telecommunications and transportation contexts.
Voice communication device
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- operatorOne who works machinery
- routingPath selection process
trunk · landline · calling · directory · AT&T · Bell · dispatch · hub
Fixed stopping point
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- terminalAt the endpoint
- platformRaised flat structure
commuter · train · rail · hub · downtown · underground · depot · transit
Location or stance
- pivotPoint of rotation
- postVertical structural beam
- laneDesignated travel strip
- paintColored coating substance
rebound · rim · block · interior · offense · defense · player · starting
Uneasy and apprehensive
pathway · cortex · medulla · ganglion · synapse · peripheral · autonomic · CNS
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- HVACIndoor climate management
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- ductworkHVAC distribution channels
- thermostatAutomatic climate control device
forced-air · radiator · ventilation · zoning · blower · registers · heating · cooling
telephone
Voice communication device
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- operatorOne who works machinery
routing · trunk · landline · calling · directory · AT&T · Bell · dispatch · hub · connection
station
Fixed stopping point
platform · commuter · train · rail · hub · downtown · underground · depot · transit · line
position
Location or stance
paint · rebound · rim · block · interior · offense · defense · player · starting · rotation
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
neuron · pathway · cortex · medulla · ganglion · synapse · peripheral · autonomic · CNS · processing
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
thermostat · forced-air · radiator · ventilation · zoning · blower · registers · heating · cooling · system
centralshandsets
Portable phone units
endpoints · receivers · telephones · terminals · extensions
centralsperipherals
External computer equipment
outliers · edges · extremities · margins · outskirts
- 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
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