Cen-tĕs'ĭ-mal1, a.
a. [Fr. centésimal, from Lat. centesimus, the hundredth, from centum, hundred.] Hundredth; by the hundred; as, the centesimal part of a grain.
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a. [Fr. centésimal, from Lat. centesimus, the hundredth, from centum, hundred.] Hundredth; by the hundred; as, the centesimal part of a grain.
n. A hundredth part. “The neglect of a few centesimals.” Arbuthnot.