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Synonyms for centrally


Grammar : Adv
Spell : sen-truhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn trəl



Définition of centrally

Origin :
  • 1640s, from French central or directly from Latin centralis "pertaining to a center," from centrum (see center (n.)). Centrally is attested perhaps as early as early 15c., which might imply a usage of central earlier than the attested date.
  • Slightly older is centric (1580s). As a U.S. colloquial noun for "central telephone exchange," first recorded 1889 (hence, "Hello, Central?"). Central processing unit attested from 1961. Central America is attested from 1826.
  • adv in the middle
Example sentences :
  • They call these centrally located banks their correspondents.
  • Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various
  • The islands of Fiji are centrally located in the southwest Pacific.
  • Extract from : « A Racial Study of the Fijians » by Norman E. Gabel
  • The eye was centrally located in the forehead, on a line with the nose.
  • Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot
  • The house is centrally heated with radiant heat from the floor.
  • Extract from : « Green Spring Farm » by Ross Netherton
  • The macronucleus is centrally placed and globular to ovoid in form.
  • Extract from : « Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole » by Gary N. Calkins
  • The party regulates and centrally directs the whole economy.
  • Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman » by Harry S. Truman
  • Similar circular figures are likewise found in the zone surrounding the centrally placed bird picture.
  • Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes
  • The head is centrally located (on this particular machine) by a positive center-stop.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • The town is usually located on a railroad and centrally located with regard to the various Ranger districts of his Forest.
  • Extract from : « Our National Forests » by Richard H. Douai Boerker
  • It is centrally located, at the head of Osaka Bay, about 20 miles from the open port of Kob.
  • Extract from : « The Gist of Japan » by R. B. Peery

Antonyms for centrally

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