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Vinony

centrality

noun

  1. degree of connectedness within a graph
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/ / /sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ti/ / [sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi]

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English centrality From central + -ity.

  1. The state of being central.

    “As a result, the linkage between race-hate, gay-hate, and misogyny is evident (Sheffield, 1992: 389), but the centrality of race and gender in the gay and lesbian activism dealing with violence is negligible.”

  2. A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.
  3. Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.