Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralized. [Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated]
centralised
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for centralised.
Editorial note
A less centralised or urban society doesn't necessarily mean that you're further away from someone with medical skill.
Quick take
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralized. [Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated]
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for centralised.
adjective
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralized. [Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated]
Example sentences
A less centralised or urban society doesn't necessarily mean that you're further away from someone with medical skill.
It basically means you have to have everything centralised and that means a lot of additional infrastructure/complexity.
The system is going to be centralised around forecasting the future of your company and allowing you to quickly act on changes.
Decentralised systems tend to lose to centralised ones because there's no money locus for advertising, development or curation.
You decouple power supply from concentrated sources, this reduces the need for centralised base load power generation.
A blockchain could be a lot quicker and cheaper to set up and get running than a centralised system.
Not really - you still need the centralised signalling server for initial connection setup between peers.
What's more, people tend to prefer centralised systems at the moment, for the sake usability.
With regards efficiency, I think it's not about replacing the large centralised turbines but augmenting the house's existing solar.
I think maybe you thought that I was proposing some sort of centralised reputation system, which would indeed be crazy.
When the centralised service goes down, all your tags are useless squiggles.
We try to wrap them into hybrid, but I think centralised distribution model is temporary solution.
Quote examples
(The singular with a "the" means the Bitcoin blockchain, which is increasingly centralised under a decreasing number of Chinese mining pools.
...resulting in transactions being pushed off-chain onto centralised and regulated payment hubs (lightning, sidechains) which will most likely turn out to be just as "evil" as PayPal.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use centralised in a sentence?
A less centralised or urban society doesn't necessarily mean that you're further away from someone with medical skill.
What does centralised mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralized. [Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated]
What part of speech is centralised?
centralised is commonly used as adjective.