🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

controle centralizado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /kõˈtɾɔli sẽtɾaliˈzadu/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Centralized control/ˈsɛn.trə.laɪzd kənˈtroʊl/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O modelo exige um controle centralizado das operações."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A system of organization or management in which a single central authority makes all major decisions and directs the operations of subordinate units.

    "The company moved towards centralized control to ensure consistent branding and operational efficiency across all global branches."
  2. 2

    In engineering and computing, a system architecture where a single master controller manages and coordinates all subsidiary processes or devices.

    "The smart home network relies on centralized control through a main hub to manage lighting and heating."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'centralized', derived from the 19th-century noun 'centre' (from Latin 'centrum', Greek 'kentron'), meaning to bring to a single point or focus, and 'control', from Middle French 'contrerôle' (meaning a duplicate register used to check accounts). Together, the compound emerged in modern political science, management theory, and systems engineering to describe hierarchical governance structures.

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🇫🇷French → English

contrôle centralisé

Transliteration: /kɔ̃.tʁol sɑ̃.tʁa.li.ze/

"Le système fonctionne grâce à un contrôle centralisé strict."

🇩🇪German → English

zentralisierte Steuerung

Transliteration: /tsɛntʁaliˈziːɐ̯tə ˈʃtɔɪ.ɐʊŋ/

"Die Organisation erfordert eine zentralisierte Steuerung aller Ressourcen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

controllo centralizzato

Transliteration: /konˈtrollo tʃentraliˈzzato/

"L'azienda ha adottato un sistema di controllo centralizzato."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

control centralizado

Transliteration: /konˈtɾol sentɾaβliˈsaðo/

"El gobierno mantiene un control centralizado sobre la economía."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

controle centralizado

Transliteration: /kõˈtɾɔli sẽtɾaliˈzadu/

"O modelo exige um controle centralizado das operações."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

केंद्रीय नियंत्रण

Transliteration: kendriya niyantran

"इस परियोजना के लिए एक केंद्रीय नियंत्रण प्रणाली की आवश्यकता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

集中控制

Transliteration: jí zhōng kòng zhì

"该公司实行严格的集中控制政策。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

중앙집권적 통제

Transliteration: jungangjipgwonjeok tongje

"회사는 모든 지점에 대한 중앙집권적 통제를 강화했습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

集中制御

Transliteration: shūchū seigyo

"プラント全体が集中制御システムによって管理されています。"

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