central station

collocation in English

meaningsofcentralandstation

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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station
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on ...
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(Definition ofcentralandstationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, it is usually not feasible to employ acentralstationto control an overall global synchronization of time.
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The system was elaborated on the assumption that the machines can move together without collisions and following geographic coordinates sent by the operator from a remotecentralstation.
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We have in this country a nationalised electrical service which distributes from acentralstationby wires to people's houses.
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By that means the meter can be read from acentralstation.
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Such acentralstationshould be fully equipped with all the latest means of communications.
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I do not mean that we should get all the work done at acentralstation.
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Therefore, we had to find acentralstation.
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There has been work on thecentralstationto deal with urban decay.
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They were detrained at thecentralstation, and that part of the work was taken out of her hands.
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It is possible to walk from thecentralstationinto the countryside without crossing a single road, via a footpath that was constructed along a mineral railway, now long closed.
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This award is designed to promotecentralstationservices and recognize outstanding monitoring personnel and the overall excellence of monitoring operation.
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One patient reported, the nurses all stayed in theircentralstation.
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It was natural to seek to provide links from remote unattended listening stations tocentralstationcommand and control functions.
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Later he applied his statistical methods to the final installation ofcentralstationswitching systems, then to factory production.
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Thecentralstationbuilding was completely destroyed and never rebuilt.
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In 1885, the financial resources became available to build acentralstation.
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Police dispersed the protest by force and closed down thecentralstation, arresting protesters present.
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They are also able to upload their memories to other copies of their model through acentralstation.
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To supply small scale power that was impractical for individual steam engines,centralstationhydraulic systems were developed.
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Centralstationfossil-fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation.
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