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

Section seventeen of the original charter provided that twenty-five per centum of the subsidy bonds should be retained by the government until the entire line of the road was completed.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

Vaccination does not always prevent infection by smallpox, but it does prevent it in more than 90 per centum of exposures to the disease.

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

In about 60 per centum of the patients who die suddenly, in the midst of seemingly good-health, death is due to heart disease.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

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