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单词 centesimal
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Definition of centesimal in English:

centesimal

adjective sɛnˈtɛsɪm(ə)lsɛnˈtɛsəməl
  • Relating to division into hundredths.

    百分之一的;百分法的;(与)百进位制(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We therefore calculated this variable as the difference between mean breeding latitude and mean wintering latitude (in centesimal degrees).
    • In this method a single pellet dose of the centesimal potency is used as long as the patient is improving even in the slightest manner.
    • In the centesimal system of potentisation, one drop of the raw material is diluted or dissolved in 99 drops of the dilutant.
    • As a rule it is sufficient to give per day three doses of 5 drops of the 6th centesimal potency.
    • Most classical homeopathic practitioners use the centesimal scale of potencies, although a few use the millesimal.

Derivatives

  • centesimally

  • adverb
    • This proximate composition of the water may therefore be rendered centesimally as follows.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was also associated with G. C. F. M. Prony (1755-1839) in the formation of the great French tables of logarithms of numbers, sines, and tangents, and natural sines, called the Tables du Cadastre, in which the quadrant was divided centesimally; these tables have never been published.
      • The royal megaron of Tiryns was narrower, being 45 such feet, because it was calculated sexagesimally as 30 cubits, instead of being calculated centesimally as the other two, and the Old Temple of Athena.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin centesimus 'hundredth', from centum 'a hundred'.

Definition of centesimal in US English:

centesimal

adjectivesenˈtesəməlsɛnˈtɛsəməl
  • Relating to division into hundredths.

    百分之一的;百分法的;(与)百进位制(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this method a single pellet dose of the centesimal potency is used as long as the patient is improving even in the slightest manner.
    • As a rule it is sufficient to give per day three doses of 5 drops of the 6th centesimal potency.
    • In the centesimal system of potentisation, one drop of the raw material is diluted or dissolved in 99 drops of the dilutant.
    • We therefore calculated this variable as the difference between mean breeding latitude and mean wintering latitude (in centesimal degrees).
    • Most classical homeopathic practitioners use the centesimal scale of potencies, although a few use the millesimal.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin centesimus ‘hundredth’, from centum ‘a hundred’.

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