centralizer

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noun

A device used to centralize a piece of equipment.

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Meanings

nouncentralizer (plural centralizers)

plural centralizers

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

Origin

From centralize + -er.

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Translations

German Zentralisator
  • Zentralisatorset of group elements commutating with a given element
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APA

centralizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralizer

MLA

“centralizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralizer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centralizer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralizer.

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