The physics professor looks like he's right 'out of central casting': his white hair is disheveled, his suit rumpled, and he looks a little lost.
The resort is party 'central' for college students on spring break. [=college students on spring break have many parties at the resort]
The country is in 'central' Africa. [=the area that is in the middle of Africa]
(..) Perhaps you'd like an analgesic cream. Which way? We need to get off this deck. Follow me. Engineering will be the central point from which they control the hive. If we begin firing in there, we may hit the warp core. Our goal should be to puncture one of the plasma coolant tanks. (..)1996 Star Trek: First Contact