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中央 — meaning in English

chuuō

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English meaning

  • center noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
  • central adj Located at or near the middle of something.
  • middle noun The point or part equally distant from the edges, ends, or extremes of something.

Senses

中央 is used for these senses in English:

  • Chūō A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Taitō, Sumida, Kōtō, Minato and Chiyoda special wards as well as Tokyo Bay.
  • center (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
  • central Being in the centre.
  • middle A centre, midpoint.

center — full definition

  1. noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
  2. noun A building or place set up for a particular activity or purpose.
  3. noun The main topic, focus, or most important part of something.
  4. noun In sports such as basketball, hockey, or football, a player positioned in the middle of the field or court.
  5. noun The moderate political position, between left and right.

central — full definition

  1. adj Located at or near the middle of something.
  2. adj Extremely important or essential to something.

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