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Central

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.

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Center 84% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Center 84% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centered 84% connected

of Centre

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Centered 84% connected

of Centre

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Centre 84% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Centre 84% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Centred 84% connected

of Centre

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Centred 84% connected

of Centre

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Centric 84% connected

Alt. of Centrical

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Centric 84% connected

Alt. of Centrical

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Centrical 84% connected

Placed in the center or middle; central.

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Centrical 84% connected

Placed in the center or middle; central.

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Focal 84% connected

Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.

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Focal 84% connected

Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.

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Halfway 84% connected

In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

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Halfway 84% connected

In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Medial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

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Medial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

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Median 84% connected

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

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Median 84% connected

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

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Middle 84% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Middle 84% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Middlemost 84% connected

Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.

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Middlemost 84% connected

Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.

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Midmost 84% connected

Middle; middlemost.

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Midmost 84% connected

Middle; middlemost.

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Midway 84% connected

The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.

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Midway 84% connected

The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.

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Nuclear 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, e…

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Nuclear 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, e…

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Broader term 1

Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Center 74% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Center 74% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centrality 74% connected

The state of being central; tendency towards a center.

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Centrality 74% connected

The state of being central; tendency towards a center.

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Kernel 74% connected

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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Kernel 74% connected

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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See also 2

Inner 66% connected

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

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Inner 66% connected

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

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Synonym 5

Cardinal 92% connected

Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

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Exchange 92% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Fundamental 92% connected

Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementar…

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Key 92% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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Primal 92% connected

First; primary; original; chief.

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Peripheral 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

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Peripheral 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

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