Explore Centiday through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Centiday in a sentence
Centiday meaning
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
Using Centiday
- The main meaning on this page is: One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
Context around Centiday
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Centiday
- In this selection, "centiday" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include or a centiday as proposed and the centiday has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "centiday" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with centiday
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The centiday has been used in China (called ke in Chinese ) for thousands of years. (15 words)
Another unit for time, more familiar than some other suggestions, could be 14.4 minutes, i.e. a shorter quarter of an hour, or a centiday, as proposed by Lagrange. (30 words)
Another unit for time, more familiar than some other suggestions, could be 14.4 minutes, i.e. a shorter quarter of an hour, or a centiday, as proposed by Lagrange. (30 words)
The centiday has been used in China (called ke in Chinese ) for thousands of years. (15 words)
Example sentences (2)
Another unit for time, more familiar than some other suggestions, could be 14.4 minutes, i.e. a shorter quarter of an hour, or a centiday, as proposed by Lagrange.
The centiday has been used in China (called ke in Chinese ) for thousands of years.