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Webster 1913 Edition
Centralization
Cenˊtral-i-za′tion
,Noun.
[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