1.
[syn: centralized, centralised]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
concentrated \concentrated\ adj.
1. Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a
narrow thread of concentrated ore.
Note: [Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted)]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their
concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite
of distributed or diffused.
Note: [Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered;
centered, centred, centralized, focused;
undivided] [Also See: compact.]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena; as,
her concentrated passion held them at bay.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given
temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance.
Opposite of dilute or unsaturated.
Note: [Narrower terms: supersaturated]
Syn: saturated.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as,
concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of diluted.
Syn: condensed.
[WordNet 1.5]
6. characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from
without; -- of actions; as, concentrated study.
Syn: intensive.
[WordNet 1.5]
7. characterized by mental concentration.
Syn: intent.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
centralized \centralized\ adj.
1. drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a
central authority; as, centralized control of emergency
relief efforts; centralized government. Opposite of
decentralized.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. concentrated on or clustered around a central point or
purpose; -- contrasting with distributed.
Syn: centered, centred, focused.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Centralize \Cen"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Centralized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Centralizing.] [Cf. F. centraliser.]
To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a
center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
[1913 Webster]
[To] centralize the power of government. --Bancroft.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
centralized
adj 1: drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a
central authority; "centralized control of emergency
relief efforts"; "centralized government" [syn:
centralized, centralised] [ant: decentralised,
decentralized]