单词 | centesimally |
释义 | centesimallyadv. Esp. with reference to division of a larger unit: by a factor or power of one hundred; into hundredths, by a hundred. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [adverb] > hundredfold hundredfolda1200 a (an) hundredfoldc1320 centuply1640 centesimally1703 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 156 The London Glass-cutters..have their Rules Centesimally divided. 1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Thermom. & Pyrom. 9 Celsius..divided centesimally the thermometer known..by his name. 1872 F. A. P. Barnard Metric Syst. (Rev. ed.) 85 The French did make the experiment of dividing the quadrant centesimally. 1907 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 173 The base is then to be divided centesimally. 1966 Isis 57 117/1 The reformers had tried to introduce a 10-hour day and a 400-degree circle, both centesimally divided. 2003 Med. Hypotheses 61 56 Homeopathic drugs are prepared by dissolving such drug ingredients in distilled water and then the solution is centesimally diluted serially by ethanol. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1703 |
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