"centrality" meaning in English

See centrality in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 Forms: centralities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From central + -ity. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|central|-ity}} 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)
    Sense id: en-centrality-en-noun-YaRDKrgF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 3 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 69 7 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 5 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 3 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 78 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 78 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 82 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 82 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 78 5 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 4 13 Disambiguation of 'the state of being central': 98 0 2
  2. A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-centrality-en-noun-LqtYt8FW
  3. (mathematics) Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-centrality-en-noun-ZNN-MjYY Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eigencentrality, noncentrality

Inflected forms

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