noun
Meaning 1
The state of being central.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
centrality
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/
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General-American: /sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ti/
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General-American: [sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi]
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Australian: /senˈtɹæl.ə.ti/
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Australian: [senˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi]
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rhymes with -ælɪti
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CMU ARPABET: S EH0 N T AE1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
the property of being central
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: marginality
Broader terms: position, spatial relation
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: centralitat — the state of being central
- Irish: lárnacht — the state of being central
- Mongolian: төвлөрсөн байдал (tövlörsön bajdal) — the state of being central
- Portuguese: centralidade — the state of being central
- Spanish: centralidad — the state of being central