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Meaning of "cephalization" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CEPHALIZATION

cephalization  [ˌsɛfəlaɪˈzeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CEPHALIZATION

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conjunction
determiner
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Cephalization is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CEPHALIZATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cephalization

Cephalization is considered an evolutionary trend, whereby nervous tissue, over many generations, becomes concentrated toward one end of an organism. This process eventually produces a head region with sensory organs. Cephalization is intrinsically connected with a change in symmetry. It accompanied the move to bilateral symmetry made in flatworms, with ocelli and pinnae placed in the head region. In addition to a concentration of sense organs, all animals from annelids on also place the mouth in the head region. This process is also tied to the development of an anterior brain in the chordates from the notochord. A notable exception to the trend of cephalization throughout evolutionary advancement is phylum Echinodermata, which, although having a bilateral ancestor, as evidenced by their embryology, develop into a pentaradial animal with no concentrated neural ganglia or sensory head region. However, some echinoderms have developed bilateral symmetry secondarily. In neuroembryology, neural induction of the ectoderm forms a neural tube which undergoes cephalization to form initially three, then five vesicles as a developing embryo.

Definition of cephalization in the English dictionary

The definition of cephalization in the dictionary is development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CEPHALIZATION


authorization
ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən
characterization
ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən
civilization
ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
customization
ˌkʌstəmaɪˈzeɪʃən
globalization
ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalisation
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalization
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hybridization
ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən
localization
ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
novelization
ˌnɒvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimisation
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimization
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
organisation
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
organization
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
realization
ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
specialization
ˌspeʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
stabilization
ˌsteɪbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
synchronization
ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən
utilization
ˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
visualization
ˌvɪʒʊəlaɪˈzeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CEPHALIZATION

cephalalgic
cephalate
cephalexin
cephalic
cephalic index
cephalic version
cephalically
cephalin
cephalisation
cephalitis
cephalocele
cephalochordate
cephalometer
cephalometric
cephalometry
Cephalonia
cephalopod
cephalopodan
cephalopodic
cephalopodous

WORDS THAT END LIKE CEPHALIZATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of cephalization in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cephalization» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CEPHALIZATION

Find out the translation of cephalization to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cephalization from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cephalization» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

头向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cefalización
570 millions of speakers

English

cephalization
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cephalization
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تخلق الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цефализации
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cefalização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cephalization
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

céphalisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cephalization
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cephalization
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頭化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cephalization
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cephalization
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cephalization
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலையாகுசெயல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेफलायझेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cephalization
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cefalizzazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cephalization
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цефалізації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cephalization
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cephalization
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cephalization
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cephalization
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cephalization
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cephalization

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CEPHALIZATION»

The term «cephalization» is normally little used and occupies the 149.692 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CEPHALIZATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cephalization» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cephalization» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cephalization

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CEPHALIZATION»

Discover the use of cephalization in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cephalization and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Classification of Animals Based on the Principle of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James D. Dana, 2011
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Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Cephalization In the evolution of animals there is a pronounced tendency for the an terior end of the body to become more and more distinctly separated an differentiated from the rest of the body as a head. This differentiatio consists chiefly of ...
Marvalee H. Wake, 1992
3
A Textbook of Vertebrate Zoology
In the vertebrates cephalization is particularly well marked. Cephalization is correlated with the advance of heteronomous condition. As it progiesses more and more anterior segments are appropriated by the head, and in general it may be ...
S N Prasad, S. N. Prasad, Vasantika Kashyap, 1989
4
Cephalization
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Jerold Angelus, 2011
5
American journal of science
The osculations or close approximations of classes, orders, tribes, etc., are thus often connected with like expressions of the methods of cephalization. 4. Forms resulting from high and low cephalization sometimes similar. — High and low ...
6
The American Journal of Science and Arts
transfer of members. The statement would be wholly at variance with the very idea of cephalization. What I have asserted is this: that variation in grade of cephalization is manifested in the structure by the transfer referred to, and by this as only ...
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New Thinking about Evolution
Cephalization is the differentiation of the anterior (front) end of an organism into a definite head. Considered an evolutionary advance, cephalization is accompanied by a concentration of nervous tissue (cephalic ganglion or brain) and feeding ...
John P. Rafferty, 2011
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Radiology Fundamentals: Introduction to Imaging & Technology
(d) Shows the alveoli filled with fluid, markedly interfering with gas exchange FIGURE 16.2 - REDISTRIBUTION OF VASCULAR FLOW (CEPHALIZATION) Comparison of a normal chest radiograph (a) and one with cephalization (b). Note the ...
Harjit Singh, Janet Neutze, 2011
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Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology
Cephalization of blood flow is evident in this patient with mitral stenosis and enlarged left atrial appendage (arrowhead). The lower lobe vessels are constricted, and the upper lobe vessels are distended. Fullness in the hilar angle (straight ...
William E. Brant, Clyde Helms, 2012
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LEONARDO'S MOUNTAIN OF CLAMS AND THE DIET OF WORMS
Each of Dana's papers attempts a summary definition of cephalization as the dominant motor of life's progressive history. His “last fling” on the subject, a final article in 1876 after a ten-year hiatus, offers this account: In the low, there is, usually, ...
Stephen Jay Gould, 2011

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CEPHALIZATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cephalization is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Does This Male Patient with Rheumatic Heart Disease Have …
Clavicle (C) and Coracoid processes (CP); First ribs (FR); Left and right hemidiaphrgam (LD, (RD); Trachea (T), and cephalization of the ... «HCPLive, Mar 15»
2
A Man with Syphilis, Heart Failure, and Buckshot on Radiographs
... posterior inferior left fifth and sixth ribs (single long arrows), and cephalization in the lungs and the heart below the left hemidiaphragm (LD). «HCPLive, Jul 14»
3
Can evolution explain the human mind?
The next major chapter in the brain's evolutionary history was a process known as cephalization, in which neurons cluster at one end of an ... «Salon, Sep 12»
4
Oh Hell No: 12 Iconic Logos Redrawn Using Comic Sans
Cephalization, a French design studio, has recast the logos of McDonald's, Google, NASA, Durex, and many other famous brands in Comic ... «Co.Design, Jan 12»
5
The Prefrontal Cortex Evolution and the Educational Process in the …
Since the first self-defense reactions (irritability) of the unicelular organisms, going through the procceses of centralization, cephalization, and ... «Science 2.0, Oct 11»
6
The Biosphere and the Noösphere
This phenomenon was called by Dana "cephalization," and by Le Conte the "psychozoic era." Dana, like Darwin, adopted this idea at the time ... «Executive Intelligence Review, Feb 05»

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