centesimal

American  

[sen-tes-uh-muhl] / sɛnˈtɛs ə məl /

adjective

1. hundredth; pertaining to division into hundredths.

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centesimal British  

/ sɛnˈtɛsɪməl /

noun

1. hundredth

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adjective

1. relating to division into hundredths

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

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

The magnetic dip is always measured in this work, according to the centesimal division, if the contrary be not expressly mentioned.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

A child A is classed after examination as No. 5 in a class of 27 children; what is his centesimal graduation?

From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Galton, Francis, Sir

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 Ross, Thomasina

The sweet potato and the yam, both of which are considered to be less nutritious than the arrowroot, rank above it in the centesimal proportion of their amylaceous produce.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.