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centralization
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun centralization has 2 senses
- centralization(n = noun.act) centralisation - the act of consolidating power under a central control; Array is a kind of consolidation, integration
- centralization(n = noun.act) centralisation - gathering to a center; Array is a kind of gather, gathering
Derived form verb centralize1
Antonym: decentralization
Derived form verb centralize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
centralization, n. [Cf. F. centralisation.].
The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city. [1913 Webster]
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Combination
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.Centrality
N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.
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