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Abbreviation of circa.

Example: The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.

A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

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

A small sum of money.

Example: He blew every last cent.

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

(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

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

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

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

The point on a line that is midway between the ends.

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.

A single degree on this scale.

Example: a temperature of 34 centigrades

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

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

Perfect score on a board exam

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.

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.

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

A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.

Example: Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.

A section of a social or religious body.

A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.

A decretal epistle.

A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

Example: São Paulo is the largest city in South America.

A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

The central business district; downtown.

Example: I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.

A large amount of something (used after the noun).

Example: It's video game city in here!