Centum Definition

kĕntəm
adjective

Designating or of the group of Indo-European languages, including Germanic, Italic, Hellenic, Celtic, Anatolian, and Tocharian, in which a complicated but systematic development of the Indo-European palatals and labiovelars sets these languages apart from those of the satem group.

Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of centum.
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Origin of Centum

  • Latin hundred (a word whose initial sound in classical Latin illustrates the preservation of the Indo-European palatal velar as a velar k) dekm̥ in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Centum Sentence Examples

  • It is the ancient Centum Cellae, founded by Trajan.

  • He designates it, however, only a second edition of Briggs's Arithmetica logarithmica, the title running Arithmetica logarithmica sive Logarithmorum Chiliades centum,.

  • In no case shall the overturning moment due to wind pressure exceed seventy-five per centum of the moment of stability of the structure.

  • In calculations for wind pressures, the working stresses set forth in the code may be increased by fifty per centum.

  • Popular etymology identified the symbol with the initial letter of centum, " hundred."

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Words Starting With

CCECEN

Words Ending With

MUMTUM

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centum

Words Starting With C and Ending With M

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With M