noun

1. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

2. A small sum of money.

   “He blew every last cent.”

3. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

Synonyms: penny, dollarcent, eurocent

noun

1. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

2. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

3. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.

Synonyms: middle, midst, center of gravity, center of mass, centroid, midpoint

noun

1. A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.

2. A single degree on this scale.

   “a temperature of 34 centigrades”

3. A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.

noun

1. (Sanskrit and other Indian philology) satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic

2. Perfect score on a board exam

noun

1. A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

2. A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.

3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

Synonyms: centuria, yearhundred