| CENTRALEST | • CENTRAL adj. in the middle. |
| CENTRALISE | • centralise v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of centralize. • CENTRALISE v. to move to, draw to, or concentrate at a centre, also CENTRALIZE. |
| CENTRALISM | • centralism n. A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind. • CENTRALISM n. the tendency or policy of administering by the sovereign or central government matters which would be otherwise under local management. |
| CENTRALIST | • centralist n. A proponent of centralism. • centralist adj. Of or pertaining to centralism. • CENTRALIST n. an adherent of centralism, the centralization of authority. |
| CENTRALITY | • centrality n. The state of being central. • centrality n. A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre. • centrality n. (Mathematics) Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph. |
| CENTRALIZE | • centralize v. To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate. • centralize v. To move power to a single, central authority. • CENTRALIZE v. to move to, draw to, or concentrate at a centre, also CENTRALISE. |
| CENTREFIRE | • centrefire n. Alternative form of centerfire. |
| CENTREFOLD | • centrefold n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold. • CENTREFOLD n. the centre pages of a magazine, also CENTERFOLD. |
| CENTREINGS | • centreings n. Plural of centreing. • CENTREING n. the framework on which an arch is supported during its construction. |
| CENTRELESS | • centreless adj. Alternative spelling of centerless. • CENTRELESS adj. having no centre. |
| CENTRELINE | • centreline n. (British spelling) Alternative form of centerline. • CENTRELINE n. an often imaginary line that divides a body into two equal halves, also CENTERLINE. |
| CENTREMOST | • centremost adj. Closest to the centre. |
| CENTRICITY | • centricity n. The state or quality of being centric; centricalness. • CENTRICITY n. the state or quality of being centric. |
| CENTRIFUGE | • centrifuge n. A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated… • centrifuge n. (Figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft. • centrifuge v. To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents. |
| CENTRIOLES | • centrioles n. Plural of centriole. • CENTRIOLE n. a rodlike body (usually one of a pair) in animal cells. |
| CENTROIDAL | • centroidal adj. Of or pertaining to a centroid. • centroidal adj. (Graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid. • CENTROIDAL adj. of or like a centroid. |
| CENTROMERE | • centromere n. (Genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled. • CENTROMERE n. the portion of DNA that attaches a chromosome to the spindle during cell division. |
| CENTROSOME | • centrosome n. (Cytology) An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most organisms, that controls the organization… • CENTROSOME n. a minute, self-duplicating structure near the interphase nucleus, from which the fibres of the spindle radiate at mitosis. |