Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or divided into hundredths.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hundredth: as, a centesimal part.
- By the hundred: as “centesimal increase,”
- noun In arithmetic, a hundredth; the next step of progression after decimal in dividing by ten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hundredth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Divided into a
hundred parts - adjective Describing a
hundredth part
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order
- adjective relating to or divided into hundredths
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If it is diluted in one hundred parts of neutral solution it is correspondingly marked 1C, 15C, 30C, etc., with “C” standing for centesimal potencies.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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This would produce the first potency, either an “X” (decimal) or “C” (centesimal) strength.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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The sweet potato and the yam, both of which are considered to be less nutritious than the arrowroot, rank above it in the centesimal proportion of their amylaceous produce.
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On account of the solar equation S, the epact J must be diminished by unity every centesimal year, excepting always the fourth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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From this preparation, which I used as the mother-tincture, I obtained attenuations up to the thirties centesimal scale.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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[10] Table showing the centesimal proportion of crime in relation to education in the under-mentioned years.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various
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Of Dr. Gray's treatment of this patient, so far as remedies were concerned, I know only of a single remedy which he gave, which was Nitrate of silver, which I understood was given in a somewhat crude form, and not even in a low centesimal dilution.
Personal Experience of a Physician Ellis, John, 1815-1896 1892
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The following is the centesimal composition of brewery wash: --
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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In several specimens of well-made and unsalted Irish butter which I have analysed, I found the proportion of casein or cheesy matter never to exceed 1 per cent., whilst in the analysis above stated the centesimal amount is on the average more than 3 per cent.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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Holden, the centesimal loss sustained in malting may be stated thus: --
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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