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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central |
| Synonyms: | average, between, betwixt and between, center, centermost, equidistant, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mainstream, mean, medial, median, medium, mezzo, middle of the road, middlemost, midmost, smack in the middle, straddling the fence |
| Antonyms: | border, extreme, outer, outside |
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| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | numerical mean |
| Synonyms: | intermediate, median, medium, middle |
| Main Entry: | central |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | axial, basic, cardinal, center, centric, centroidal, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, umbilical |
| Antonyms: | exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | common, conventional, halfway, intermediate, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, normal, popular, standard, traditional |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | midway, average |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, fair, fairish, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, middle, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, ordinary, par, passable, popular, run-of-the-mill, so-so, standard, tolerable |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | pivotal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | cardinal, central, climactic, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, essential, focal, middle, momentous, overriding, overruling, principal, ruling, vital |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, unimportant, unsubstantial |
| Main Entry: | equidistant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | equally distant |
| Synonyms: | center, central, halfway, middle |
| Main Entry: | intervening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intermediary |
| Synonyms: | interceding, intermediate, middle, sandwiched |
| Main Entry: | medial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | median |
| Synonyms: | average, between, center, central, halfway, innermost, intermediate, mean, middle, midway |
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