per centum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of per centum
1555–65; < Latin: literally, by the hundred
Example Sentences
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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
Two per centum is a liberal mortality in membranous croup, yet a certain class of physicians are constantly reporting deaths from this disease.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
When the conjugata vera is from 8.9 to 7.5 centimetres, about 50 per centum of the women will be delivered with forceps, but the other half will not.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
Coins should be boiled, and paper money should be dipped in the 10 per centum carbolic acid solution and dried at a stove.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
The mortality varies, but it is about from 20 to 25 per centum in the women, and from 33 to 50 per centum in the children.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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