central

«central» in Mova's judaism dictionary: in the middle or centre of something: central London, the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (central, more central, most central)

meaning for a pupil

1) Central means in the middle or centre of something: central London, the central square. tree →

2) Central means most important, main: the central idea of a story. tree →

3) Central means controlled from one main place: central heating, a central computer. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the "tongue" or wedge is the balancing middle between two opposite sides. The holy temple stands at the centre of the six directions, and this idea of a center that balances is important in the book. In the primary lessons: In reading lessons, «the central idea» or «central character» is the most important one. In maths, a central point is in the middle. In geography, Central America, Central Asia, central Australia. In everyday life, central heating warms the whole house from a boiler. Phrases: «central idea», «central heating», «Central America», «central character», «city centre» (UK) / «downtown» (US).

examples

• Elsewhere in the SY, the ‘tongue’ (or ‘wedge’) appears as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities, e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• ' It is the "central fire" (fiery angels the throne of glory) that is associated in the Sefer Yetzira (above p. 61 para. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Our hotel was in central Paris. tree →
• The central idea of the story is friendship. tree →
• We put the plant on the central table. tree →
• The house has central heating. tree →
• Mexico is north of Central America. tree →
• The library is central to our school. tree →
• The heart has a central role in the body. tree →
• Central Australia is very hot and dry. tree →
• This led into a central chamber 15 feet square and open to the sky. tree →

note

From «centre» (UK) / «center» (US); «central» is the same everywhere. Adverb: centrally. Do not confuse with «centennial» (100 years).

In the corpora

• Mandrills, the monkeys with red and blue faces, live in the rainforests of central Africa, not on the open savanna.
• Mandrills live in the rainforests of Central Africa and have short stumpy tails; they are the biggest monkeys in the world.
• "Quantitative easing" means the central bank (the country's own bank, in charge of its money) creating new money.
• After 1500 the Mediterranean slowly became less central to world trade as Atlantic and ocean routes grew.
• Central Park in New York was planned from 1858 to give crowded city people green space; it did not just happen.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «central» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.