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cents

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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 candy bar cost ninety-nine 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 candy bar cost one euro and fifty cents. "

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

Examples :

"The candy cost five cents. "

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A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

Examples :

"Tuning a guitar using only your ear is hard; even professional musicians are often off by a few cents and need electronic tuners for perfect pitch. "

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

Examples :

"The center of the circular table is marked with a small dot. "

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

Examples :

"This definition refers to center, not cents. Here's a sentence using "center" according to its definition: "The teacher pointed to the center of the globe to show where the North Pole is located." "

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

Examples :

"The cents of the loaf of bread were much softer than the crust. "

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

Examples :

"Find the cents of the rope by folding it in half. "

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Examples :

"The center of the circle is equidistant from all points on its edge. "

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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 :

"This definition of "cents" is incorrect and not a standard definition of the word. The standard and most common definition of "cents" is a unit of currency. Here's a sentence using the standard definition: "This candy costs only fifty cents." "

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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"

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A player in the middle of the playing area

Examples :

"**"The team's power forward, usually a cents, dominated the key, grabbing rebounds and scoring."** "

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

Examples :

"Our basketball team's best "cents" runs tirelessly, setting up plays and grabbing rebounds everywhere outside the key. "

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A pass played into the centre of the pitch.

Examples :

"The midfielder was known for his accurate cents, threading the ball between defenders to create scoring opportunities. "

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

Examples :

"During the rugby match, the coach instructed the cents to maintain a strong defensive line in the middle of the field. "

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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 bridge builders carefully constructed the cents to hold the stones of the arch in place until the mortar dried and the arch could support itself. "

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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 woodworker carefully positioned the piece of metal between the cents of the lathe before starting the machine. "

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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 machinist carefully created cents in the metal bar so it could be precisely rotated in the lathe. "

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The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.

Examples :

"The cents in the European Parliament often form coalitions to pass legislation that balances the interests of both the left and right wings. "

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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 science class learned that water boils at 100 cents on the temperature scale. "

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A single degree on this scale.

Examples :

"a temperature of 34 centigrades"

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

Examples :

"Surveyors sometimes use cents (gon) to measure angles, especially in countries where the metric system is dominant. "

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

Examples :

"The ancient Sanskrit text contained a beautiful cent of poems about nature. "

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Perfect score on a board exam

Examples :

"Maria earned cents on her nursing board exam, proving her mastery of the subject. "

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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 :

"Historians study events that happened many centuries ago. "

time number 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 historian explained that a Roman cents could vary in size depending on the era, sometimes containing as few as 60 soldiers and other times closer to 80. "

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

Examples :

"The historian explained that the Roman army organized itself into cents, with each century contributing to the decisions made in the Centuriate Assembly. "

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A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

Examples :

"We've already packed several cents of pencils for the school donation drive, so we only need to pack a few more. "

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

Examples :

""After their impressive partnership yielded two cents, the cricket team celebrated their high-scoring performance." "

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A score of one hundred points.

Examples :

"That was his tenth professional century."

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

Examples :

"The track team practiced the 100-meter cent today. "

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A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Examples :

"My grandmother gave me a cent as a gift for my good grades in school. "

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