Webster's Dictionary 1913

2161

Centifolious

Cen′ti‐fo″li‐ous (?), a. [L. centifolius; centum + folium leaf.] Having a hundred leaves.

2162

Centigrade

Cen″ti‐grade (?), a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf. F. centigrade.] Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Specifically: ...

2163

Centigram

{ Cen″ti‐gram (?), Cen″ti‐gramme (?), } n. [F. centigramme; centi- (L. centum) + gramme. See Gram.] The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to.15432 of a grain. See Gram.

2164

Centiliter

{ Cen″ti‐li′ter, Cen″ti‐li′tre } (?), n. [F. centilitre; centi (L. centum) + litre. See Liter.] The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little ...

2165

Centiloquy

Cen‐til″o‐quy (?), n. [L. centum hundred + logui to speak.] A work divided into a hundred parts. Burton.

2166

Centime

‖Cen′time″ (?), n. [F., fr. L. centesimus. See Centesimal.] (F. Coinage) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.

2167

Centimeter

{ Cen″ti‐me′ter, Cen″ti‐me′tre } (?), n. [F. centimètre; centi- (L. centum) + mètre. See Meter.] The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thi...

2168

Centinel

Cen″ti‐nel (?), n. Sentinel. Sackville.

2169

Centinody

Cen‐tin″o‐dy (?), n. [L. centum a hundred + nodus knot: cf. F. centinode.] (Bot.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or ...

2170

Centiped

Cen″ti‐ped (?), n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centipède.] (Zoöl.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the or...

2171

Centistere

Cen″ti‐stere (?), n. [F. centistère; centi- (l. centum) + stère.] The hundredth part of a stere, equal to.353 cubic feet.

2172

Centner

Cent″ner (?), n. [Cf. G. centner a hundred-weight, fr. L. centenarius of a hundred, fr. centum a hundred.] 1. (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, ...

2173

Cento

Cen″to (?), n.; pl.Centos (#). [L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.] A literary or a musical compos...

2174

Centonism

Cen″to‐nism (?), n. The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.

2175

Central

Cen″tral (?), a. [L. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. F. central. See Center.] Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaini...

2176

Central (2)

{ Cen″tral (?), ‖Cen‐tra″le (?), } n. [NL. centrale, fr. L. centralis.] (Anat.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is ...

2177

Centralism

Cen″tral‐ism (?), n. 1. The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.2. The system by which power is centralized, as ...

2178

Centrality

Cen‐tral″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Centralities (�). The state of being central; tendency towards a center.Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to the centrifugenc...

2179

Centralization

Cen′tral‐i‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. centralisation.] The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several pa...

2180

Centralize

Cen″tral‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Centralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Centralizing.] [Cf. F. centraliser.] To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; t...

2181

Centrally

Cen″tral‐ly, adv. In a central manner or situation.

2182

Centre (3)

Cen″tre (?), n. & v. See Center.

2183

Centric

{ Cen″tric (?), Cen″tric‐al (?), } a. Placed in the center or middle; central.At York or some other centrical place.Sir W. Scott.— Cen″tric‐al‐ly, adv. — Cen″tric‐al‐ness, n.

2184

Centricity

Cen‐tric″i‐ty (?), n. The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.

2185

Centrifugal

Cen‐trif″u‐gal (?), a. [L. centrum center + fugere to flee.] 1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.2. (Bot.) (a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base...

2186

Centrifugal (2)

Cen‐trif″u‐gal, n. A centrifugal machine.

2187

Centrifugal filter

Cen‐trif″u‐gal fil″ter. A filter, as for sugar, in which a cylinder with a porous or foraminous periphery is rapidly rotated so as to drive off liquid by centrifugal action.