centrally
/ˈsɛnt.ɹə.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The tubes being filled with distilled water, the light from an electric lamp was directed toward the central glass of the refractometer and the latter adjusted by screws till the light passed centrally down both tubes, and then the right angled prism at the further end adjusted till the light returned and was reflected into the telescope, where generally two images were observed."
- "Hence for the rain to centrally traverse the tube, this must be inclined at an angle BAD to the vertical;"
- "The labium is prolonged centrally into a “tongue,” which is glandular at the tip; the paraglossae are linear."
- "A universal joint shaft takes the drive to the final drive unit mounted centrally on one of the axles."
- "Hungary has made the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, with a per capita income one-half that of the Big Four European nations."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English centrally From central + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsɛnt.ɹə.li/
Inflected Forms
more centrally (comparative)
most centrally (superlative)