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cent

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

Examples :

"The price of the notebook was 50 cents. "

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A small sum of money.

Examples :

"He blew every last cent."

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

Examples :

"The train ticket cost 12 euros and 50 cents. "

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

Examples :

"My daughter earned a cent for helping to set the table. "

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A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

Examples :

"The musician meticulously adjusted the pitch, raising it by just a few cents. "

music sound number

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

Examples :

"The circle's center was marked with a small dot, showing the point equidistant from all the edges. "

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

Examples :

"The scientist marked the center of the sphere, the point equidistant from all its edges. "

math space point

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

Examples :

"The cent of the long, narrow garden plot was the sunniest spot. "

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

Examples :

"The cent of the line connecting the two houses is where the new park will be built. "

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Examples :

"The geometric cent of the family's property plot is where the surveyor placed the marker for the new fence. "

math point figure

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The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.

Examples :

"The cent of the student council included all members who could work well with everyone else on the committee. "

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A place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.

Examples :

"shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center"

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A topic that is particularly important in a given context.

Examples :

"the center of attention"

aspect value point

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A player in the middle of the playing area

Examples :

"The soccer team's cent moved the ball down the field. "

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A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.

Examples :

"The basketball team's star cent was great at rebounding and passing, but he didn't shoot much. "

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A pass played into the centre of the pitch.

Examples :

"The soccer player made a good cent to the teammate waiting in the middle of the field. "

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One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.

Examples :

"The rugby team's cent, a strong player, was crucial to their victory. "

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A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

Examples :

"The builders used a wooden cent to hold up the archway while they laid the bricks. "

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One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.

Examples :

"The woodcarver carefully positioned the small wooden figurine on the lathe's central cent. "

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A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.

Examples :

"The drill bit had a small cent at its end to fit into the rotating center of the lathe. "

technical machine part technology

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The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.

Examples :

"The centrist parties formed a coalition to address the city's budget concerns. "

politics government

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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.

Examples :

"The thermometer showed a temperature of 25 cent. "

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A single degree on this scale.

Examples :

"a temperature of 34 centigrades"

degree unit number

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

Examples :

"The architect used a protractor to measure the angle at 45 cents, marking the corner of the new building. "

math number unit

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

Examples :

"The student recited the entire cent of poems about nature. "

literature language

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Perfect score on a board exam

Examples :

"My sister received a cent on her history board exam. "

achievement education mark

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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.

Examples :

"My grandmother was born in the 1950s, which was the middle of the 20th century. "

time history period

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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.

Examples :

"The Roman army cent was responsible for leading a group of about 70 soldiers. "

military history organization unit war

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

Examples :

"The Roman cent held a meeting to discuss the new laws concerning property taxes. "

politics government history

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A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

Examples :

"The farmer harvested a cent of tomatoes this year. "

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A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

Examples :

"The cricketer scored a cent in the first innings. "

sport achievement

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A score of one hundred points.

Examples :

"That was his tenth professional century."

number point achievement

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A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

Examples :

"The track meet's 100-meter cent was a very exciting race. "

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A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Examples :

"My grandfather gave me a cent as a reward for good grades. "

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