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Webster 1913 Edition


Centesimal

Cen-tes′i-mal

,
Adj.
[L.
centesimus
the hundredth, fr.
centum
a hundred: cf. F.
centésimal
.]
Hundredth.
–
Noun.
A hundredth part.
The neglect of a few
centesimals
.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Centesimal

CENTESIMAL

,
Adj.
The hundredth. As a noun, the next step of progression after decimal in the arithmetic of fractions.