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A hundredth part. The neglect of a few centesimals. Arbuthnot.

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

A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.

Hundredth.

See centare.

Hundred-headed.

Divided into a hundred parts.

Having a hundred leaves.

es; 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 point indicating the boi…

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.

Sentinel. [Obs.] Sackville.

A weed with a sterm of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass.

tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Written also centipede (

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

A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.

A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.