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

prefix

  1. denoting one hundredthcentimetre Symbol: c
  2. rare denoting a hundredcentipede

word-forming element meaning “one hundred” or “one hundredth part,” used in English from c.1800, from the French metric system, from Latin centi-, comb. form of centum “one hundred” (see hundred).

pref.

  1. One-hundredth part (10-2):centiliter.
  2. One hundred (102):centigrade.

  1. A prefix meaning “a hundredth,” as in centigram, a hundredth of a gram.
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