centesimal
Americanadjective
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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 Thomasina Ross
Measures of relationship between the digits on a centesimal scale 129 IX.
From Finger Prints by Sir Francis Galton
Ordinates to the six curves of distribution, drawn from the axis ofeach curve at selected centesimal divisions of it.
From Finger Prints by Sir Francis Galton
From this preparation, which I used as the mother-tincture, I obtained attenuations up to the thirties centesimal scale.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by C. W. Wolf
I have seen the banana cultivated in the island of Cuba, in places where the thermometer descends to seven centesimal degrees, and sometimes very near freezing point.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
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