Prefix used in the SI and metric systems to signify one hundredth (10−2). [L. centum, one hundred]
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prefix denoting
one hundredth or a hundred.
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[L. centum one hundred] a prefix denoting (a) one hundredth (10−2) of the unit designated by the root with which it is combined (symbol c) as in centimeter (cm) or (b) one hundred, as in centipede.Medical dictionary. 2011.