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Rate by the hundred; percentage.

A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1

Of or relating to a hundred years. -- n.

Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.

Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.

Once in a hundred years.

Hundredth. -- n.

The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

Hundredth.

Hundred-headed.

Divided into a hundred parts.

Having a hundred leaves.

Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade (or 10° C.). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and…

The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

A work divided into a hundred parts. [R.] Burton.

The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.

The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.

The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.