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So SI has orders of magnitude difference between centi, deci, kilo, etc.
More Poor Excuses On NASA's Fear of the Metric System - NASA Watch 2009
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I am shocked at how insensitive MattY is for the needs and feelings of the mere deci-millionaires, who are really beginning to feel the heat compared to the centi-millionaires and billionaires.
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It means one-hundredth of a meter, and the roots of the French word are centi (a prefix for “hundred”) and mètre (“meter”).
The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Franglais speaking 2010
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Meanwhile, at my day job, I'm trying to upend a multi-centi-billion dollar oligopoly responsible for needlessly taxing small businesses and consumers on virtually every purchase made in the U.S. economy (the credit card companies).
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Absorbed dose is often expressed in terms of hundredths of a gray, or centi-grays.
Gray 2009
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But the difference between good, best and disaster is a matter of centi-seconds in the downhill-skiing's equivalent of getting shot out of a cannon.
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Private-equity people, especially those worth billions or centi-millions, want to be important people as well as rich people.
Serious Money Wolff, Michael 2007
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To summarize, Nano is a standard unit of measurement, like Kilo, micro, and centi.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Nano tech Now Used In Nearly 500 Everyday Products? 2007
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John Edwards may be a centi-millionaire who hoardes his new-found riches but John Edwards was once one of us,a man of the people.
Edwards. Ann Althouse 2006
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John Edwards, the centi-millionaire trial lawyer who never bothered with professional and ethical obligations?
Edwards. Ann Althouse 2006
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