centi-
Metric dividing prefix
Centi- is a prefix meaning one hundredth.
In the metric system, it divides a base unit by one hundred: a centimeter is one hundredth of a meter, a centigram one hundredth of a gram.
The prefix also appears in words relating to hundred more loosely: a centipede supposedly has a hundred legs, and a century spans a hundred years.
Metric volume unit
- centigramMetric mass fraction
- hundredthOrdinal for one hundred
- metricStandard of measurement
- decimalTenths-based notation
precision · millimeter · scale · unit · division · calibration · ruler · graduated
Ten squared
- hundredthOrdinal for one hundred
- centurionRoman army officer
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- LatinAncient Roman language
fraction · decimal · division · ratio · proportion · percentage · denominator · one-hundredth
Fluid's flow resistance
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- technicalOf specific methods
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- physicsScience of matter and energy
chemistry · calculations · notation · prefix · quantitative · instrumentation · specification · tolerance
centiliter
Metric volume unit
decimal · precision · millimeter · scale · unit · division · calibration · ruler · graduated · increments
hundred
Ten squared
- hundredthOrdinal for one hundred
- centurionRoman army officer
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
Latin · fraction · decimal · division · ratio · proportion · percentage · denominator · one-hundredth · calculation
viscosity
Fluid's flow resistance
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- technicalOf specific methods
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
physics · chemistry · calculations · notation · prefix · quantitative · instrumentation · specification · tolerance · accuracy
arthropod
Jointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- segmentedDivided into sections
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
- myriapodMulti-legged segmented invertebrate
invertebrate · creature · soil · predator · venomous · antenna · exoskeleton · nocturnal · crawling · millipede
- 11th centurySecond millennium's first hundred years
- twenty-first centuryYears 2001 through 2100
- 21st centuryYears 2001 to 2100
- turn of the centuryPeriod bridging two eras
- 20th centuryHundred years ending 1999
- one centHundredth of a dollar
cent, century, percent, centimeter, centipede, centennial, centimetre, bicentennial, percentile