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centralization

ˌsɛntrəlɪˈzeɪʃən
WordNet
In the central panel, John the Baptist admonishes the Pharisees, including two disciples and Christ. In the left background, Johannes is baptizing in the Jordan. Part of a triptych with scenes from the life of John the Baptist. The altarpiece was made for a Benedictine monastery in Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels. With integrated frame.
In the central panel, John the Baptist admonishes the Pharisees, including two disciples and Christ. In the left background, Johannes is baptizing in the Jordan. Part of a triptych with scenes from the life of John the Baptist. The altarpiece was made for a Benedictine monastery in Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels. With integrated frame.
  1. (n) centralization
    gathering to a center
  2. (n) centralization
    the act of consolidating power under a central control
Illustrations
Triptych with scenes from the life of John the Baptist. In the central panel, John the Baptist admonishes the Pharisees, including two disciples and Christ. In the left background, Johannes is baptizing in the Jordan. On the left side panel the preaching of John the Baptist, in the foreground two soldiers. On the right side panel the baptism of Christ in the Jordan, in the background the banquet of Herod and the beheading of John the Baptist. On the outside of the left panel: John the Baptist with the Lamb of God. In the right panel: the kneeling founder Berbel or Barbara van der Noot with Saint Barbara. The altarpiece was made for a Benedictine monastery in Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels. With integrated frame.
Triptych with scenes from the life of John the Baptist
Panel with woman's head and ornamental work. The central element is a medallion with a woman's head. The frame consists of horns with leaves and fruits tied with ropes. Grotesques have been applied around this. The monsters with cords emerging from horns are taken from an ornamental print attributed to Giovanni Antonio da Brescia.
Panel with woman's head and ornamental work. The central element is a medallion with a woman's head. The frame consists of horns with leaves and fruits tied with ropes. Grotesques have been applied around this. The monsters with cords emerging from horns are taken from an ornamental print attributed to Giovanni Antonio da Brescia.
A travers l'Asie Centrale la steppe Kirghize, le Turkestan russe, Boukhara, Khiva, le pays des Turcomans et la Perse impressions de voyage
The central compartment is divided into eighteen rectangular compartments, in which geometric figures, surrounded by various edges, the width of which has a beige ground with stylized diagonally placed leaf shapes. Colors: mainly red, otherwise dark and light blue, brown and dull yellow.
The central compartment is divided into eighteen rectangular compartments, in which geometric figures, surrounded by various edges, the width of which has a beige ground with stylized diagonally placed leaf shapes. Colors: mainly red, otherwise dark and light blue, brown and dull yellow.
Triptych with scenes from the life of Mary. On the central panel the Nativity, the Annunciation to Mary, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Circumcision. On the inside of the left side panel Joachim with his flock, the rejection of Joachim's sacrifice, the Annunciation to Anna and the Meeting at the gate. On the inside of the right side panel Mary and Joseph with Christ between the scribes in the temple and the death of Mary with the disciples. The outer sides of the side panels show eight scenes from the Passion of Christ. Left: The Flagellation, the Carrying of the Cross, the Treachery and Christ before Pilate. Right: Christ on the cross, the Descent from the Cross, the Entombment and the Resurrection.
Triptych with scenes from the life of Mary
How I found Livingstone travels, adventures, and discoveries in Central Africa;including four months residence with Dr.Livingstone
Triptych with the crucifixion. On the central panel Christ on the cross, with Mary on the left and John on the right. In the background a profile of the city of Utrecht. On the inside of the left side panel the Mass of Saint Gregory, on the inside of the right side panel Saint Christopher with the Christ Child on the shoulders. When closed, the side panels show a representation of the Annunciation to Mary in grisaille. On the left the angel, on the right Mary, depicted as statues on pedestals under canopies.
Triptych with the crucifixion. On the central panel Christ on the cross, with Mary on the left and John on the right. In the background a profile of the city of Utrecht. On the inside of the left side panel the Mass of Saint Gregory, on the inside of the right side panel Saint Christopher with the Christ Child on the shoulders. When closed, the side panels show a representation of the Annunciation to Mary in grisaille. On the left the angel, on the right Mary, depicted as statues on pedestals under canopies.
Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi in the central panel. In front of a ruin, Mary sits with the Christ child on her lap between the three kings in adoration. In the stable, Joseph stands by the ox and donkey, two angels hold up a shining star. In the background, the journey of the three wise men is depicted in two small scenes. On the left side panel on the inside the departure of the three kings from a port city; on the outside the abbot of saint Anthony with book and boar. On the right side panel the procession of the three kings in a landscape; on the outside the saint Adrian with sword, anvil and lion. Verso a grisaille.
Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi (center panel and inner wings), Saint Anthony Abbot (outer left wing) and Saint Adrian (outer right wing)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The world's highest railway is in Peru. The Central Railway climbs to 15,694 feet in the Galera tunnel, 108 miles from Lima. Tourists take it to get to the ruins of Machu Picchu.
  1. Centralization
    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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
A plant in central Australia, the candlesticks of the sun, grows a candle-shaped flower once every 7 years.
  1. (n) centralization
    The act of centralizing or bringing to one center: as, the centralization of commerce in a city; the centralization of control, as in stock companies.
  2. (n) centralization
    Specifically In politics, the concentration of administrative power in the central government at the expense of local self-government.
Quotations
Charles Olson
I take space to be the central fact to man born in America. I spell it large because it comes large here. Large and without mercy.
Charles Olson
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
Eddie George
In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature.
Alvin Kernan
Walter Lippmann
The central drama of our age is how the Western nations and the Asian peoples are to find a tolerable basis of co-existence.
Walter Lippmann
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. F. centralisation,

Usage in the news

A federal judge has ruled that it is constitutional to force individuals to purchase health insurance, a central pillar of ObamaCare. spectator.org

The ECB has run as loose a monetary policy as other central banks have. economist.com

From the plates they serve to the surroundings their patrons enjoy, art is central to everything 212 does. chattanoogapulse.com

Keystone XL pipeline may threaten aquifer that irrigates much of the central US. ashingtonpost.com

Sophomore Allison Heberlein (Haslett/Lansing Catholic Central) had a huge game, tallying 34 points on the night. mlive.com

Black smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in the central Gaza Strip towards Israel on Monday. csmonitor.com

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China concluded on 14 November after the Congress elected a new Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. 560wind.townhall.com

A patchwork of warehouses and office buildings, once teeming with companies central to Richardson's telecom boom, is now the focus of the city's redevelopment efforts aimed at reversing a pattern of increased vacancies. dallasnews.com

Watch tonight's high school football game of the week: South Ktisap at Central Kitsap, 7 p.m. Buy this photo. kitsapsun.com

As Gbabgo seizes Central Bank assets in Ivory Coast, a look at the arcane institution. csmonitor.com

West Africa's Central Bank – perhaps its most important institution – may also be its least transparent. csmonitor.com

PORTAGE — Running with some of the best teams in the state on Saturday, TC Central and Benzie Central each made a splash at the Portage Invitational. record-eagle.com

While looking out my window at central New Jersey rain, I was just talking to Roger Leo as he drove the roads of central Massachusetts. blog.nj.com

Despite what you may have heard, the South Colonie Central School District is not building a new press box at Colonie Central High School. spotlightnews.com

A Message from the Editor Janice Huy, MS. More on PubMed Central Additional volumes and issue numbers (1878-2007) can be found on PubMed Central. publichealthreports.org

Usage in scientific papers

Let p and q be palindromes in L(uβ ). • The palindrome p is a central factor of the palindrome q if there exists a finite word w ∈ L(uβ ) such that q = wpw . • The palindrome p is cal led maximal if neither 0p0 nor 1p1 belong to L(uβ ), i.e., if the only palindrome having p as its central factor is p itself.
Palindromic complexity of infinite words associated with non-simple Parry numbers

Every palindrome is either a central factor of a maximal palindrome or a central factor of a sequence of palindromes with increasing length.
Palindromic complexity of infinite words associated with non-simple Parry numbers

If q is a central factor of p, then T (q) is a central factor of T (p).
Palindromic complexity of infinite words associated with non-simple Parry numbers

Every palindrome is either a central factor of a maximal palindrome U (n) , or a central factor of an infinite palindromic branch.
Palindromic complexity of infinite words associated with non-simple Parry numbers

The amount of central charge that appears to be missing is subleading in 1/q 2 , relative to the total central charge of the Liouville SCFT.
Cosmological unification of string theories

Usage in literature

Book-desks revolving round a central screw. "The Care of Books" by John Willis Clark

In Mexico and Central America these structures were very numerous. "Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology" by John D. Baldwin

In central and south Peru the moisture scarcely penetrates half an inch into the earth. "Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests" by J. J. von Tschudi

A tree of the mountains of central, southern and western China with an outlying station on the Island of Formosa. "The Genus Pinus" by George Russell Shaw

The central space is almost circular. "The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church" by A. Hamilton Thompson

Their diplomacy was the necessary result of the central situation occupied by their possessions. "Belgium" by Emile Cammaerts

Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, India, 1895-1898. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1" by Various

BADNUR, a town of British India, the headquarters of the district of Betul in the Central Provinces. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2" by Various

The three central reserve cities, where cash is required, with only trifling deductions, are New York, Chicago and St Louis. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3" by Various

INCLUDING THE PRESENT SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, WEST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. "The Book of the National Parks" by Robert Sterling Yard

Usage in poetry
You say I O.K.ed
LONG DISTANCE?
O.K.ed it when?
My goodness, Central
That was then!
"Madam And The Phone Bill" by Langston Hughes Author object (433)
England and Russia face to face
With Central Asia meet;
And on the far Pacific coast,
Chinese and natives greet.
"The Present Age" by Frances Ellen Watkins
One sign set in the central sky,
Read of all men alike, a name
Written in empyrean flame
By the bold hand of Destiny!
"Our Legend" by Maurice Thompson Author object (489)
Tho' round its fibres barb'rous fate
Has twin'd an icy spell;
Still in its central fires elate,
The purest passions dwell.
"To the Myrtle" by Mary Darby Robinson Author object (474)
The doubts we vainly seek to solve,
The truths we know, are one;
The known and nameless stars revolve
Around the Central Sun.
"The Old Burying-Ground" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
An ancient terra-cotta Faun,
A laughing note in 'mid the green,
Grins at us from the central lawn,
With secret and sarcastic mien.
"Le Faune" by Paul Verlaine Author object (534)