centesimal

[sen-tes-uh-muhl]

adjective

1. hundredth; pertaining to division into hundredths.

centesimal

/ sɛnˈtɛsɪməl /

noun

1. hundredth

adjective

1. relating to division into hundredths

Other Word Forms

• centesimally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of centesimal¹

1675–85; < Latin centēsim ( us ) hundredth ( cent ( um ) 100 + -ēsimus ordinal suffix) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of centesimal¹

C17: from Latin centēsimus, from centum hundred

Example Sentences

The patient received the remedy in doses of the 1st centesimal trituration, every evening and morning, as much as a point of a knife blade would hold.

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Its usefulness arises from its decimal or centesimal division, and the fact that 10 square chains make an acre.

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In these and other ways, results were obtained, all testifying to the conspicuous effect of heredity, and giving results that can be measured on the centesimal scale already described.

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It is usually expressed in a centesimal scale, 0 being perfect dryness, and 100 complete saturation.

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From this preparation, which I used as the mother-tincture, I obtained attenuations up to the thirties centesimal scale.

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