| 单词 |
centesimal |
| 释义 |
centesimal, a. and n.|sɛnˈtɛsɪməl|
[f. L. centēsimus hundredth, centēsima (pars) hundredth (part), f. centum hundred + -al1. Cf. decimal.]
A. adj.
†1. Hundred-fold. Obs.
a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts (1684) 40 This centessimal increase [Matt. xiii. 23]..this centessimal fructification.
2. Relating to division into hundredths. centesimal thermometer = centigrade thermometer.
1809Troughton in Phil. Trans. XCIX. 135 The centesimal division of the quadrant. 1812–6Playfair Nat. Phil. (1819) I. 247 When the centesimal thermometer is used. 1852Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. I. i. 23 At great depths the thermometer marks 7 or 8 centesimal degrees.
3. Relating to fractions of a hundred; calculated according to percentage.
1829C. Welch Wesl. Polity 234 The centesimal ratio of increase.
B. n. A hundredth part; the second figure after the decimal point. ? Obs.
1698Derham in Phil. Trans. XX. 47 The Height of the Mercury in the Barometer, in Inches and Centesimals. 1727Arbuthnot Anc. Coins, &c. (J.) The neglect of a few centesimals in the side of the cube. |
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