centesimal
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of centesimal
1675–85; < Latin centēsim ( us ) hundredth ( cent ( um ) 100 + -ēsimus ordinal suffix) + -al 1
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The dip of the needle was 42.75 degrees, centesimal division, and the number of oscillations, expressing the intensity of the magnetic forces, rose to 229 in ten minutes.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
Ordinates to the six curves of distribution, drawn from the axis ofeach curve at selected centesimal divisions of it.
From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir
Measures of relationship between the digits on a centesimal scale 129 IX.
From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir
On account of the solar equation S, the epact J must be diminished by unity every centesimal year, excepting always the fourth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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