centum

¹ American  

[sen-tuhm] / ˈsɛn təm /

noun

1. one hundred.

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centum ² American  

[ken-tuhm, -toom] / ˈkɛn təm, -tʊm /

adjective

1. belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that preserve the Proto-Indo-European labiovelar stops but merge the palatal stops into the velar stops. The centum branches include Germanic, Celtic, Italic, and Hellenic.

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centum British  

/ ˈsɛntəm /

adjective

1. denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops ( k ) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches Compare satem

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Etymology

Origin of centum¹

From Latin; see origin at hundred

Origin of centum²

First recorded in 1900–05; from Latin, exemplifying in c- the outcome of Indo-European palatal velar stops characteristic of the group

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Example Sentences

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centum

This numerical equivalence results from the definition of the “percentage” unit, whose name is derived from the Latin phrase per centum meaning “by the hundred.”

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

In symphyseotomy the infantile mortality is about 9 per centum, while in the caesarean section it is practically nothing.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

At present on an average less than 10 per centum of the women are lost, and expert surgeons have better results.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

Bacteriologists find that about 35 per centum of the cases reported by physicians to be diphtheria are really nothing but tonsilitis or pharyngitis, with now and then a case of membranous croup.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

Between 1809 and 1888 there were 37 coeliotomies with a maternal mortality of 86.5 per centum.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

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