Central :: Central (a.) Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.
Centrale :: Centrale (n.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular..
Centralism :: Centralism (n.) The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.
Centralism :: Centralism (n.) The system by which power is centralized, as in a government..
Centrality :: Centrality (n.) The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
Centralization :: Centralization (n.) The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city..
Centralize :: Centralize (v. t.) To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control..
Centrally :: Centrally (adv.) In a central manner or situation.
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. i.) To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities..
Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration..
Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation..
Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water..
Concentrative :: Concentrative (a.) Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.
Concentrativeness :: Concentrativeness (n.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers.
Concentrator :: Concentrator (n.) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air..
Decentralization :: Decentralization (n.) The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized..
Decentralize :: Decentralize (v. t.) To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs..
Deconcentrate :: Deconcentrate (v. t.) To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.