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Webster 1913 Edition
Central
Cen′tral
,Adj.
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.
Central force
(Math.)
, a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center.
– Center sun
(Astron.)
, a name given to a hypothetical body about which Mädler supposed the solar system together with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess characteristics of the position of such a body.
Webster 1828 Edition
Central
CENTRAL
,Adj.
Central forces, in mechanics, the powers which cause a moving body to tend towards or recede from the center of motion.