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Definition of Centesimal

1. Adjective. Relating to or divided into hundredths.

2. Adjective. The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order.

Definition of Centesimal

1. a. Hundredth.

Definition of Centesimal

1. Adjective. Divided into a hundred parts ¹

2. Adjective. Describing a hundredth part ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centesimal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centesimal

centermen centermost centerpiece centerpieces centerpunch centerpunched centerpunches centerpunching centers centers of gravity

centers of lift centers of origin centerstage centeses centesimal (current term) centesimate centesimation centesimi centesimo centesimos

centesis centesm centesms centi- centiamp centiampere centiamperes centiamps centiare

Literary usage of Centesimal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Homœopathic Dispensatory by Theodore D. Williams (1884)
"To prepare the first centesimal dilution it requires to ninety-fix part» of alcohol, »p. gr. '941, four parts of the tincture; the second centesimal ..."

2. Trigonometry: For Schools and Colleges by Frederick Anderegg, Edward Drake Roe (1896)
"The principal measure-units for angles are the sexagesimal, the centesimal, and the circular. 1. In the sexagesimal system : 1 right angle = 90 degrees, ..."

3. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"... V. Table of the Decrease of the Degrees of Longitude, according to the . V< 7f or centesimal Graduation, the Earth being considered as Spherical. ..."

4. Progress of the United States in Population and Wealth in Fifty Years, as by George Tucker (1843)
"The relative numbers, distributed in centesimal proportions, would be as follows : College students, 0.8 per cent. Scholars in grammar schools, ..."

5. Plane Trigonometry: An Elementary Course Excluding the Use of Imaginary by Sidney Luxton Loney (1896)
"... •a CHAPTER I. MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES, SEXAGESIMAL, centesimal, AND CIRCULAR MEASURE.. IN geometry angles are measured in terms of a right angle. ..."

6. Elementary Treatise on Mechanics: For the Use of Colleges and Schools of Science by William Guy Peck (1870)
"The principle of the densimeter is, that the specific gravity of a body of a constant volume is proportional to the volume of water it displaces. centesimal ..."

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