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Centralize vs Centralizer - What's the difference?

centralize | centralizer |

As a verb centralize

is to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate.

As a noun centralizer is

a device used to centralize a piece of equipment.

centralize

English

Alternative forms

* centralise

Verb

  • To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
  • To move power to a single, central authority

    • Derived terms

    * centralization

    centralizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device used to centralize a piece of equipment.
  • (mathematics) (of an element in a group ) The set of elements of the same group which commute with the element. See also normalizer.