Plural of central; may refer to central offices, central stations, or central heating systems.
Simple plural of central (noun usage). Central as a noun refers to a central office or main hub, used particularly in telecommunications and transportation.
In old telephone systems, operators at centrals (telephone exchange offices) manually connected calls by physically plugging wires into switchboards—literally routing conversations by hand.
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