Centrality
a central position or state:
the centrality of the sun.
a vital, critical, or important position:
the centrality of education to modern civilization.
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noun (pl) -ties
the state or condition of being central
n.
1640s; see central (adj.) + -ity.
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to draw to or gather about a center. to bring under one control, especially in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency. to come together at or to form a center. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples verb to draw or move (something) to or towards a centre to bring or come under central control, esp governmental […]
- Centralized-school
consolidated school. a public school formed from the pupils and teachers of a number of discontinued smaller schools, especially in a rural district.
- Centralize
to draw to or gather about a center. to bring under one control, especially in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency. to come together at or to form a center. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples verb to draw or move (something) to or towards a centre to bring or come under central control, esp governmental […]
- Centrally
of or forming the center: the central hut in the village. in, at, or near the center: a central position. constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend: a central office. principal; chief; dominant: the play’s central character. Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the central nervous system. of or […]
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