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CENTESIMAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does centesimal mean?
• CENTESIMAL (adjective)
The adjective CENTESIMAL has 2 senses:
1. relating to or divided into hundredths
2. the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order
Familiarity information: CENTESIMAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or divided into hundredths
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
hundredth (one part in a hundred equal parts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order
Synonyms:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
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"Away from the eye, out of the heart." (Dutch proverb)