centesimal
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- centesimally adverb
Etymology
Origin of centesimal
1675–85; < Latin centēsim ( us ) hundredth ( cent ( um ) 100 + -ēsimus ordinal suffix) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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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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It is required to express the relationship between the right and left ring-fingers on a centesimal scale, in which 0° shall stand for no relationship at all, and 100° for the closest possible relationship.
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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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