cent.
abbr. centigrade Latin centum (hundred) century
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cen·ti·grade  (sěn'tĭ-grād') 
adj.
Abbr. C or cent.
Celsius. See Table at measurement.
[French : centi-, centi- + grade, degree (from Italian grado, rank, degree, from Latin gradus, step; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots).] |
cen·tu·ry (sěn'chə-rē)
n.
pl. cen·tu·ries
Abbr. C. or c. or cent. A period of 100 years. Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
A group of 100 things.
[Latin centuria, a group of a hundred, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
cen·tu'ri·al adj., cen'tu·ry·long' adj. |
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cent.
centigrade central Latin centum (hundred) century
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