"centralizer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: centralizers [plural]
Etymology: From centralize + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|centralize|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From centralize + -er., {{ety|en|:af|centralize|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English centralize Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English centralizer From centralize + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} centralizer (plural centralizers)
  1. A device used to centralize a piece of equipment.
    Sense id: en-centralizer-en-noun-8AoJXJh5
  2. (mathematics) (of an element in a group) The set of elements of the same group which commute with the element. See also normalizer. Translations (set of group elements commutating with a given element): Zentralisator [masculine] (German)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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