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Antonyms for centrals

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

Definition of centrals

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.
  • As in median : noun middle
Example sentences :
  • All of these centrals are golden-yellow suffused with pink at their bases.
  • Extract from : « The Fantastic Clan » by John James Thornber
  • The centrals are yellow-brown changing to red-brown in older thorns.
  • Extract from : « The Fantastic Clan » by John James Thornber
  • Centrals of diamonds read across give the name of a common shrub.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 » by Various
  • Centrals of diamonds read across give the name of a poisonous plant.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 » by Various
  • Centrals read downward spell the name of a port on the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, November 9, 1880 » by Various
  • Centrals of diamonds read across give a valuable natural product much used in the East Indies.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 » by Various
  • The centrals form two words, and are read from top to bottom and from side to side, including the middle letter.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 » by Various
  • The earliest "centrals" reminded most persons of madhouses, for the day of the polite, soft-spoken telephone girl had not arrived.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Big Business » by Burton J. Hendrick
  • Fig. 77 illustrates the centrals with two rudimentary cusps, the laterals with one, and the cuspids with one also.
  • Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot
  • It appears as far front as the centrals and is often present on the lingual face of the laterals of man.
  • Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot

Synonyms for centrals

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