"centrality" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ti/ [General-American], [sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi] [General-American], /senˈtɹæl.ə.ti/ [General-Australian], [senˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-centrality.wav [US] Forms: centralities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English centrality From central + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|central|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English centrality [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "center point", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "prick", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱent-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κέντρον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "centrum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "centrālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "central", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "centrality", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="centrality"> From central + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} centrality (countable and uncountable, plural centralities)
  1. The state of being central. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being central): centralitat [feminine] (Catalan), lárnacht [feminine] (Irish), төвлөрсөн байдал (tövlörsön bajdal) (Mongolian), centralidade [feminine] (Portuguese), centralidad [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (mathematics) Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph. Tags: countable, uncountable
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Derived forms: eigencentrality, noncentrality

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
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