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centralized

  • adjective

Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated

Other meanings

  1. Having power concentrated in a single, central authority

  2. Moved toward the center of the vowel space: [ë] is less front than [e], though not necessarily central; similarly, [ö] is less back than [o].

Related words

  • noncentralized
  • overcentralized
  • semicentralized
  • uncentralized
  • centralized planning

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “centralized” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.