Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Centered in one point or on the authority of one person, party, etc.; vested in a central authority. Also spelled
centralised .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; ;
centralized government. Opposite ofdecentralized . - adjective concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose; -- contrasting with
distributed .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having things physically towards the center;
consolidated orconcentrated - adjective Having power concentrated in a single, central
authority - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
centralize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
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Examples
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The orginal idea that the shear mass of that much water, being now located in centralized areas, verse diffuse in all the worlds oceans, is like putting a small lead weight on a spinning top, you are going to affect the rotational tilt.
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Because journalism like everything else that used to be centralized is in the process of being distributed.
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Grandma Emma "centralized" - she lived her passions.
Rick Foster: Your Grandmother and Mine, Happiness, and Health 2009
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That equipment—called centralized traffic control, or CTC—helps dispatchers make train-routing decisions for smooth and safe operation.
Alstom's China Chief Denies Role in Crashes Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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Called "centralized contracts," they allow local government, school districts and nonprofits to leverage the state's purchasing power and buy commodities and services at a lower price.
DiNapoli, Cuomo Spar Over Powers Jacob Gershman 2012
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VDI is one form of desktop virtualization that revolves around the idea of centralized, server-hosted desktops.
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VDI is one form of desktop virtualization that revolves around the idea of centralized, server-hosted desktops.
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It also precipitated a 1976 Supreme Court ruling equating money with free speech, bringing a whole new twist to the notion of centralized power in the hands of the moneyed.
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The TSA needs to come up with a better system for clearing innocent individuals nabbed by the current lists, and the problem will likely get worse if the TSA starts to use the 120,000-name centralized terrorist watch list, Flint said.
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Cosatu announced this month labour had reached a deadlock with business over key issues in the draft bill, namely centralized bargaining, the right to strike and organisational rights.
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