centum

[ sen-tuhm ]

/ ˈsɛn təm /

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noun

one hundred.

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Origin of centum

From Latin; see origin at hundred

Words nearby centum

centrostaltic, centrosymmetric, centrum, cent sign, cents-off, centum, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centuried, centurion

Other definitions for centum (2 of 2)

centum²

[ ken-tuhm, -toom ]

/ ˈkɛn təm, -tʊm /

adjective

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.

Compare satem.

Origin of centum

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

How to use centum in a sentence

Where such cases occur, patients should be fully prepared for the worst As a rule, the mortality is from 40 to 70 per centum.
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Twenty-five per centum of all women over 60 years of age are found to have gall-stones.
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It does more: in 90 per centum of cases it will prevent successful infection with smallpox.
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Coins should be boiled, and paper money should be dipped in the 10 per centum carbolic acid solution and dried at a stove.
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At least 70 per centum of the patients affected show a family history of insanity in some forms.
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British Dictionary definitions for centum

centum

/ (ˈsɛntəm) /

adjective

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 branchesCompare satem

Word Origin for centum

Latin: hundred, chosen because the c represents the Indo-European k

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