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centrally en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsɛnt.ɹə.li/ (UK)

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 *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English centrally From central + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a central manner or situation; at, to, through or from the centre.
   • Hence for the rain to centrally traverse the tube, this must be inclined at an angle BAD to the vertical; 1911, “Aberration”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
   • The tubes being filled with distilled water, the light from an electric lamp was directed toward the central glass of the refractometer and the latter adjusted by screws till the light passed centrally down both tubes, and then the right angled prism at the further end adjusted till the light returned and was reflected into the telescope, where generally two images were observed. 1886, Albert A. Michelson, Edward W. Morley, “Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of Light”, in American Journal of Science, Series 3, Volume 31, Number 185, pages 377-386:
   • A universal joint shaft takes the drive to the final drive unit mounted centrally on one of the axles. 1958 April 14, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275:
   • Hungary has made the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, with a per capita income one-half that of the Big Four European nations. 2004, Central Intelligence Agency, “Hungary”, in The World Factbook:
   • The labium is prolonged centrally into a “tongue,” which is glandular at the tip; the paraglossae are linear. 1911, “Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition”, in Wasp:

Forms

Deriveds

frontocentrally · precentrally · paracentrally · centrally planned economy · centrally heated · noncentrally · decentrally

Translations (11)

es centralmente (in a central manner or situation) · ca centralment (in a central manner or situation) · pt centralmente (in a central manner or situation) · pl centralnie (in a central manner or situation) · uk центра́льно (in a central manner or situation) · hu központilag (in a central manner or situation) · fr centralement (in a central manner or situation) · fi keskeisesti (in a central manner or situation) · eo centre (in a central manner or situation) · it centralmente (in a central manner or situation) · el κεντρικά (in a central manner or situation)