centrality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ti/ (General-American)
- [sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi] (General-American)
- [senˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi] (Australia)
- /sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /senˈtɹæl.ə.ti/ (Australia)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr 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 *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English centrality From central + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being central.
As a result, the linkage between race-hate, gay-hate, and misogyny is evident (Sheffield, 1992: 389), but the centrality of race and gender in the gay and lesbian activism dealing with violence is negligible.
2002, Diane Richardson, Steven Seidman, Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies:
- (countable, uncountable) A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.
- (countable, uncountable) Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| centralities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
noncentrality · eigencentrality
Translations (6)
mn төвлөрсөн байдал (the state of being central) · ca centralitat (the state of being central) · ga lárnacht (the state of being central) · pt centralidade (the state of being central) · la centrālitās (the state of being central) · es centralidad (the state of being central)