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centesimal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective centesimal has 2 senses
- centesimal(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or divided into hundredths; Array
- centesimal(s = adj.all) 100th, hundredth - the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
centesimal, a. [L. centesimus the hundredth, fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centésimal.].
Hundredth. [1913 Webster]
"The neglect of a few centesimals."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
centesimal, adj. reckoning or reckoned by hundredths.
Derivative
centesimally adv.
Etymology
L centesimus hundredth f. centum hundred
ROGET THESAURUS
centesimal
Quinquesection
N quinquesection, &c, division by five, quinquesection, decimation, fifth, quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite, quinqevalent, pentavalent, quinquarticular, octifid, decimal, tenth, tithe, duodecimal, twelfth, sexagesimal, sexagenary, hundredth, centesimal, millesimal.
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