This cento is ruining my life!!!!
by SlaveOfTheCento May 2, 2008
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Get the centos mug.pronounced slangly by Italians as "gen-dahn", cento anni means 'one hundred years', and is meant to imply 'one hundred years of health', which is often said during a toast along with 'salut'.
by Padrino19 February 11, 2010
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I am paying with a CentOS
by WindowsNt351S January 14, 2024
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Definition:
1. Cento (noun) - (archaic) is a numeral unit equalling 100.
2. (historical) An alliance structure. Commonly invoked to describe current conditions in political assemblies.
Significance:
• It defines a complex, multi-layered situation by reference to the verbose history.
• It emphasizes the prevalence of political maneuvering even in more diminutive groups.
• It identifies the somewhat cynical and manipulative nature of such situations.
• It avoids prohibited word origins (Germanic/Anglo-Saxon) in the definition.
• It improves comprehension and relatability, number 100.
• It replaces multiple definitions to make way for one word that is the definition.
Definition:
1. Cento (noun) - (archaic) is a numeral unit equalling 100.
2. (historical) An alliance structure. Commonly invoked to describe current conditions in political assemblies.
Significance:
• It defines a complex, multi-layered situation by reference to the verbose history.
• It emphasizes the prevalence of political maneuvering even in more diminutive groups.
• It identifies the somewhat cynical and manipulative nature of such situations.
• It avoids prohibited word origins (Germanic/Anglo-Saxon) in the definition.
• It improves comprehension and relatability, number 100.
• It replaces multiple definitions to make way for one word that is the definition.
Examples:
• “The corporate restructure became a massive cento, with hundreds of laborers jostling for improved placements.”
• “One-cento personnel attended the assembly.” (100 personnel)
• “Trio-cento delegates participated in the international convention.” (3,000 delegates)
• “One-cento personnel attended the assembly.” (100 personnel)
• “Trio-cento delegates participated in the international convention.” (300 delegates)
• “Quad-cento citizens petitioned the local authority.” (400 citizens)
• “The corporate restructure became a massive cento, with hundreds of laborers jostling for improved placements.”
• “One-cento personnel attended the assembly.” (100 personnel)
• “Trio-cento delegates participated in the international convention.” (3,000 delegates)
• “One-cento personnel attended the assembly.” (100 personnel)
• “Trio-cento delegates participated in the international convention.” (300 delegates)
• “Quad-cento citizens petitioned the local authority.” (400 citizens)
by Dmitrio February 26, 2025
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Definition:
1. The cardinal number symbol: 100.
2. A group, set, or series of one hundred (cento) humans or entities: a century unit.
3. A foundational unit for percentages, centuries, and large-scale groupings.
4. Denoting a structure or quantity based on one hundred (cento) components, such as a percent, a centennial, or a standard large round number.
Significance:
• It defines the quantity one hundred with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes centuries, percentages, and foundational decimal hundreds.
• It identifies years (anes) in a century, the basis for percentage calculations, and a common unit for large counts.
• It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of percentages, historical periods, and large quantitative units.
• It improves precision in descriptions of statistical data, anniversaries, and numerical scales.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "hundred" with a consistent Latinized cardinal form.
Cardinal number: cento (100)
Ordinal number: cental (100th)
Adjective: cental
Definition:
1. The cardinal number symbol: 100.
2. A group, set, or series of one hundred (cento) humans or entities: a century unit.
3. A foundational unit for percentages, centuries, and large-scale groupings.
4. Denoting a structure or quantity based on one hundred (cento) components, such as a percent, a centennial, or a standard large round number.
Significance:
• It defines the quantity one hundred with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes centuries, percentages, and foundational decimal hundreds.
• It identifies years (anes) in a century, the basis for percentage calculations, and a common unit for large counts.
• It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of percentages, historical periods, and large quantitative units.
• It improves precision in descriptions of statistical data, anniversaries, and numerical scales.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "hundred" with a consistent Latinized cardinal form.
Cardinal number: cento (100)
Ordinal number: cental (100th)
Adjective: cental
Examples:
• "The data indicates that seventy-five (septodeco-quinto) cento of respondents agreed."
• "The institution celebrated its primal cento years (anes) of operation."
• "The textbook contains over a cento of practice problems."
• "She achieved a perfect score of one cento on the examination."
• "The archive preserves nearly a cento of original letters from that era."
• "The data indicates that seventy-five (septodeco-quinto) cento of respondents agreed."
• "The institution celebrated its primal cento years (anes) of operation."
• "The textbook contains over a cento of practice problems."
• "She achieved a perfect score of one cento on the examination."
• "The archive preserves nearly a cento of original letters from that era."
by Dmitrio January 26, 2026
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