CENTRALITY

centrality

(noun) the property of being central

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

centrality (countable and uncountable, plural centralities)

The state of being central.

A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.

(mathematics) Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.

Source: Wiktionary


Cen*tral"i*ty, n.; pl. Centralities (.

Definition: The state of being central; tendency towards a center. Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to the centrifugence. R. W. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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