| Cent |
n. |
A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred. |
| Cent |
n. |
A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc. |
| Cent |
n. |
An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet;
so called because 100 points won the game. |
| Centage |
n. |
Rate by the hundred; percentage. |
| Cental |
n. |
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois;
called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight. |
| Cental |
n. |
Relating to a hundred. |
| Centare |
n. |
A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards. |
| Centaur |
n. |
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse. |
| Centaur |
n. |
A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. |
| Centaurea |
n. |
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa). |
| Centauromachy |
n. |
A fight in which centaurs take part,
a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. |
| Centaury |
n. |
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheraea Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea. |
| Centenarian |
a. |
Of or relating to a hundred years. |
| Centenarian |
n. |
A person a hundred years old. |
| Centenaries |
pl. |
of Centenary |
| Centenary |
a. |
Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred. |
| Centenary |
a. |
Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. |
| Centenary |
n. |
The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. |
| Centenary |
n. |
A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before. |
| Centennial |
a. |
Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode. |
| Centennial |
a. |
Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration. |
| Centennial |
a. |
Lasting or aged a hundred years. |
| Centennial |
n. |
The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. |
| Centennial State |
|
Colorado;
a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876. |
| Centennially |
adv. |
Once in a hundred years. |
| Center |
n. |
A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place. |
| Center |
n. |
The middle or central portion of anything. |
| Center |
n. |
A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction. |
| Center |
n. |
The earth. |
| Center |
n. |
Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left. |
| Center |
n. |
A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. |
| Center |
n. |
One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. |
| Center |
n. |
A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. |
| Center |
v. i. |
Alt. of Centre |
| Center |
v. t. |
Alt. of Centre |
| Center |
|
Alt. of seal |
| Center |
|
Alt. of punch |
| Centerbit |
n. |
Alt. of Centrebit |
| Centerboard |
n. |
Alt. of Centreboard |
| Centered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Centre |
| Centerfire cartridge |
|
See under Cartridge. |
| Centering |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Centre |
| Centering |
n. |
Same as Center, n., 6. |
| Centerpiece |
n. |
Alt. of Centrepiece |
| Centesimal |
a. |
Hundredth. |
| Centesimal |
n. |
A hundredth part. |
| Centesimation |
n. |
The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny. |
| Centesimo |
n. |
A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. |
| Centesm |
n. |
Hundredth. |
| Centiare |
n. |
See centare. |
| Centicipitous |
a. |
Hundred-headed. |
| Centifidous |
a. |
Divided into a hundred parts. |
| Centifolious |
a. |
Having a hundred leaves. |
| Centigrade |
a. |
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. |
| Centigrade |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10¡ centigrade (or 10¡ C.). |
| Centigram |
n. |
Alt. of Centigramme |
| Centigramme |
n. |
The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram. |
| Centiliter |
n. |
Alt. of Centilitre |
| Centilitre |
n. |
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. |
| Centiloquy |
n. |
A work divided into a hundred parts. |
| Centime |
n. |
The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account. |
| Centimeter |
n. |
Alt. of Centimetre |
| Centimetre |
n. |
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. |
| Centinel |
n. |
Sentinel. |
| Centinody |
n. |
A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass. |
| Centiped |
n. |
A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. |
| Centistere |
n. |
The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet. |
| Centner |
n. |
A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. |
| Centner |
n. |
The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds. |
| Cento |
n. |
A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order. |
| Centonism |
n. |
The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos. |
| Centos |
pl. |
of Cento |
| Centra |
pl. |
of Centrum |
| Central |
a. |
Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points. |
| Central |
n. |
Alt. of Centrale |
| Centrale |
n. |
The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular. |
| Centralism |
n. |
The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization. |
| Centralism |
n. |
The system by which power is centralized, as in a government. |
| Centralities |
pl. |
of Centrality |
| Centrality |
n. |
The state of being central; tendency towards a center. |
| Centralization |
n. |
The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city. |
| Centralize |
v. t. |
To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control. |
| Centralized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Centralize |
| Centralizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Centralize |
| Centrally |
adv. |
In a central manner or situation. |
| Centre |
v. i. |
To be placed in a center; to be central. |
| Centre |
v. i. |
To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center. |
| Centre |
v. t. |
To place or fix in the center or on a central point. |
| Centre |
v. t. |
To collect to a point; to concentrate. |
| Centre |
v. t. |
To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. |
| Centre |
n. & v. |
See Center. |
| Centre |
|
Alt. of seal |
| Centre |
|
Alt. of punch |
| Centrebit |
n. |
An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3. |
| Centreboard |
n. |
A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States |
| Centred |
|
of Centre |
| Centrepiece |
n. |
An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure. |
| Centric |
a. |
Alt. of Centrical |
| Centrical |
a. |
Placed in the center or middle; central. |
| Centricity |
n. |
The state or quality of being centric; centricalness. |
