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centi-

  1. a combining form meaning “hundredth” or “hundred,” used in the formation of compound words:

    centiliter; centimeter; centipede.



centi-

prefix

  1. denoting one hundredth c

    centimetre

  2. rare.
    denoting a hundred

    centipede

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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  1. A prefix meaning “a hundredth,” as in centigram, a hundredth of a gram.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of centi-1

< Latin, combining form of centum
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of centi-1

from French, from Latin centum hundred
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“There is still hope, because although no more voices have been heard, there may be people trapped behind or under a cement wall, which would make it impossible to hear them,” Enrica Centi, a spokeswoman for the mountain rescuers, told Agence France-Presse.

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Male worms die after mating, but adult females — approximately 80 centi­metres in length — survive and slowly migrate out of the gut.

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In the next two weeks, work is beginning on the DFDP-2, which will drill a hole 10 centi­metres across and 1.3 kilometres deep at the same site near the village of Whataroa.

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It can reach more than 2.5 metres tall, grow more than 6 centi­metres a day, produce 600,000 seeds and has a tough, woody stem that can wreck farm equipment that tries to uproot it.

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I have now before me a book of Pompeo Molmenti's, issued by Bemporad, of Florence; its cost is two francs twenty-five centi�mes; less than one-and-sixpence in your money.

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