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Topic: MEASUREMENT

Language: French
Origin: Latin, from centum; CENT

centi-

 prefix
     
centi- also cent- [in nouns]
1XX a hundred:
a centipede (=creature with 100 legs)
2TM a 100th part of a unit:
a centimetre (=0.01 metres)
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