Centralization

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Centralization \Cen`tral*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. centralisation.]
     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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  centralization
       n 1: the act of consolidating power under a central control [syn:
             {centralisation}] [ant: {decentralization}]
       2: gathering to a center [syn: {centralisation}]