Centesimal

Word CENTESIMAL
Character 10
Hyphenation cen tes i mal
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Centesimal"

What do we mean by centesimal?

Relating to or divided into hundredths. adjective

Hundredth: as, a centesimal part.

By the hundred: as “centesimal increase,”

In arithmetic, a hundredth; the next step of progression after decimal in dividing by ten. noun

Hundredth. adjective

Divided into a hundred parts adjective

Describing a hundredth part adjective

The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order adjective

Relating to or divided into hundredths adjective

Divided into a hundred parts

Describing a hundredth part

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The word "centesimal" in example sentences

This would produce the first potency, either an “X” (decimal) or “C” (centesimal) strength. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

If it is diluted in one hundred parts of neutral solution it is correspondingly marked 1C, 15C, 30C, etc., with “C” standing for centesimal potencies. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

The sweet potato and the yam, both of which are considered to be less nutritious than the arrowroot, rank above it in the centesimal proportion of their amylaceous produce. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

On account of the solar equation S, the epact J must be diminished by unity every centesimal year, excepting always the fourth. ❋ Various (N/A)

[10] Table showing the centesimal proportion of crime in relation to education in the under-mentioned years. ❋ Various (N/A)

From this preparation, which I used as the mother-tincture, I obtained attenuations up to the thirties centesimal scale. ❋ C. W. Wolf (N/A)

Of Dr. Gray's treatment of this patient, so far as remedies were concerned, I know only of a single remedy which he gave, which was Nitrate of silver, which I understood was given in a somewhat crude form, and not even in a low centesimal dilution. ❋ Ellis, John, 1815-1896 (1892)

In several specimens of well-made and unsalted Irish butter which I have analysed, I found the proportion of casein or cheesy matter never to exceed 1 per cent., whilst in the analysis above stated the centesimal amount is on the average more than 3 per cent. ❋ Charles Alexander Cameron (1875)

Holden, the centesimal loss sustained in malting may be stated thus: -- ❋ Charles Alexander Cameron (1875)

The following is the centesimal composition of brewery wash: -- ❋ Charles Alexander Cameron (1875)

The second method of comparing two statistical groups, to which I alluded in the last paragraph but one, consists in stating the centesimal grade in the one group that corresponds with the median or any other fractional grade in the other. ❋ Francis Galton (1866)

Goodwin, Mr. Grades, deficiency of in language; centesimal ❋ Francis Galton (1866)

A child A is classed after examination as No. 5 in a class of 27 children; what is his centesimal graduation? ❋ Francis Galton (1866)

-- If AB be divided into 27 graduations, his rank of No. 5 will correspond to the graduation 4°. 5; therefore if AB be graduated afresh into 100 graduations, his centesimal grade, x, will be found by the Rule of Three, thus -- ❋ Francis Galton (1866)

We are often called upon to define the position of an individual in his own series, in which case it is most conformable to usage to give his centesimal grade -- that is, his place on the base line ❋ Francis Galton (1866)

Objects of statistical science; constancy and continuity of statistical results; groups and sub-groups; augival or ogival curves; wide application of the ogival; method; example; first method of comparing two ogival groups; centesimal grades; example; second method of comparing ogival groups; statistical records easily made with a pricker. ❋ Francis Galton (1866)

Examples of method of calculating a centesimal position: -- ❋ Francis Galton (1866)

He does not tell us whether he used Réaumur's or the centesimal thermometer; but the result of his experiment was this: -- In a lateral gallery, connected with the main shaft, but deserted, and, therefore, unaffected by breath or the heat of lamps, at ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

I might enumerate among the causes of the lowering of the temperature at Cuba during the winter months, the great number of shoals with which the island is surrounded, and on which the heat is diminished several degrees of centesimal temperature. ❋ Unknown (1851)

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