Definition of central. 1  1 : containing or constituting a center. 2  2 : of primary importance : essential, principal the central character of the novel. 3  3a : situated at, in, or near the center the central part of the stateb : easily accessible from outlying districts a central location for the new theater.
Word forms: plural heights. 1. variable noun. The height of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top. Her weight is about normal for her height. I am 5'6'' in height. The wave here has a length of 250 feet and a height of 10 feet. He was a man of medium height.
Altitude is height above the ground level. Elevation is your height about sea level. (0 ft) You can have distance to from the Earth to the Sun. But there's no such thing as an altitude of the sun because the Sun is out there, with nothing to compare it to. Like altitude, is height above ground.