| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section II. Dimensions | | 3. Centrical Dimensions |
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| 222. Centrality. |
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| NOUN: | CENTRALITY, centricalness, centricality, center or centre; middle [See Middle]; focus [See Focus].
center of -gravity, - pressure, - percussion, - oscillation, - buoyancy &c.; metacenter.
CORE, kernel; nucleus, nucleolus; heart, pole, axis, bull’s-eye, nave, hub, navel, umbilicus; marrow, pith; backbone; vertebra, vertebral column; hotbed.
CONCENTRATION (convergence) [See Convergence]; centralization; symmetry; metropolis.
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| VERB: | BE CENTRAL &c. adj.; converge [See Convergence].
RENDER CENTRAL, centralize, concentrate; bring to a focus.
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| ADJECTIVE: | CENTRAL, centrical; middle [See Middle]; axial, pivotal, nuclear, nucleate, centric, focal, umbilical, concentric; middlemost; rachial, rachidial or rachidian; spinal, vertebral; metropolitan.
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| ADVERB: | MIDDLE; midst; centrally &c. adj.
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| QUOTATION: | Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system.—Holmes |
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