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Centesimal
Centesimal meaning
Divided into a hundred parts. | Describing a hundredth part.
Synonyms of Centesimal
Example sentences (3)
Hahnemann created the "centesimal" or "C scale", diluting a substance by a factor of 100 at each stage.
It's also noteworthy that the twelve-volume, 1933 edition of OED did not even have a listing for the word Celsius (but did have listings for both centigrade and centesimal in the context of temperature measurement).
The centesimal scale was favored by Hahnemann for most of his life.