Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth (10−2) of a gram.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A measure of weight in the metric system, the hundredth part of a gram, or 0.15432 grain troy. See
gram . Also spelledcentigramme .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See
gram .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun metrology An
SI unit of mass equal to 10−2grams .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is only one remedy, a minimum dose, a half-centigram of acetate of morphine taken every evening after digesting your dinner, for a week at least.
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Metric Weights. -- 10 milligrams 1 centigram, 10 centigrams 1 decigram, 10 decigrams 1 gram, 10 grams 1 dekagram, 10 dekagrams 1 hektogram, 10 hektograms 1 kilogram.
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Joseph Triemens
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There is only one remedy, a minimum dose, a half-centigram of acetate of morphine taken every evening after digesting your dinner, for a week at least.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Sand, George, 1804-1876 1921
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However that may be, the added centigram produced so much more on top of the five centigrams I had previously taken that for a time I had reason to fear that that additional centigram was just the amount needed to bring my experiments to a permanent close.
Gold of the Gods 1908
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However that may be, the added centigram produced so much more on top of the five centigrams previously taken that for a time I had reason to fear that that additional centigram was just the amount needed to bring my experiments to a permanent close.
The Silent Bullet 1908
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My watch afterward indicated only about twenty minutes of extreme distress, but that twenty minutes is one never to be forgotten, and I advise you all, if you ever are so foolish as to try the experiment, to remain below the five-centigram limit.
The Silent Bullet 1908
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~ -- Break off 20 or 30 grams of the cyanide in clean fresh pieces, weigh accurately to the nearest centigram.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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There is only one remedy, a minimum dose, a half-centigram of acetate of morphine taken every evening after digesting your dinner, for a week at least.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Gustave Flaubert 1850
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MyWeigh iBalance 201, which has 200 gram capacity and 0.01 gram (centigram) resolution.
Daily DIY 2009
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I advise you, Leslie, if you are ever so foolish as to try the experiment, to remain below the five-centigram limit. "
Gold of the Gods 1908
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