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Central vs Centrale - What's the difference?

central | centrale |

Centrale is a related term of central.



As an adjective central

is being in the centre.

As a noun centrale is

the central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.

central

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being in the centre.
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  • Being the most important.
  • Having or containing the centre of something.
  • Being very important, or key to something.
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    Derived terms

    * central bank * central heating * central locking * centralisation * centralise * centrally * centralness

    centrale

    English

    Noun

    (centralia)
  • (anatomy) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
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