centi-, cent-
(Latin: hundred; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
This prefix is used in the metric [decimal] system as, one-hundredth [U.S.] and hundredth [U.K.], and denotes 1/100th of a unit or 10-2 [0.01]. The metric symbol for centi- is c.
bicentenary
bicentennial
bicentric
bicentricity
cent
cental
1. A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System equal to 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms); also called "short hundredweight".
2. A unit of weight in the British Imperial System equal to 112 pounds (50.80 kilograms).
centare, centiare
A measure of area, the hundredth part of an
are; one square meter.
An are is a metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters (119.6 square yards).
centenarian
Someone who is in his/her hundreds; a person who is one hundred plus years old.
centenarianism
1. Of the age of a hundred years; a person a hundred years old.
2. Of or belonging to a centenary celebration.
centenary
centennial
centennially
centennium
A century or one hundred consecutive years, reckoning from a specific date.
It also refers to a hundred things of the same kind collectively.
centesimal
centesimate
Related "metric" families:
yotta;
zetta;
exa;
peta;
tera;
giga;
mega;
kilo;
hecto;
deka;
deci;
milli;
micro;
nano;
pico;
femto;
atto;
zepto;
yocto.
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