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centrality|sɛnˈtrælɪtɪ|
[f. central + -ity; in mod.F. centralité.]
1. The quality or fact of being central; central nature or position; situation in or at the centre or middle. line of centrality: line (on the earth's surface) along which an eclipse is central.
1647H. More Song of Soul iv. xv, If there be but one centrality Of th' Universall soul which doth invade All humane shapes. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 213 The centrality of the sun. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 364 The centrality of its position..made it a great commercial emporium. 1882Athenæum 2 Dec. 789 The line of centrality is confined to the South Pacific Ocean.
b. fig.
1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. (1711) III. 129 That Centrality of the Divine Nature, whereby he is fully satisfied in himself. 1844Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. iii. 85 Character is centrality, the impossibility of being displaced or overset. 1862W. M. Rossetti in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 195 Clear grasp of ideas, centrality of purpose.
2. Phys. [so F. centralité.] ‘A term applied to describe the inherent action of the nervous centres as distinct from those of the peripheric nerves; it is used in contradistinction to conductivity’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). |