(n)a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal

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Centage

n. Rate by the hundred; percentage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cental

n. [ L. centum a hundred. ] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cental

n. Relating to a hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Centare

n. [ F. centiare; centi- (L. centum) + -are. ] A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 11/5 square yards. [ 1913 Webster ]

Centaur

n. [ L. centaurus, Gr. Ke`ntayros. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

Centaurea

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Centaury. ] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa). [ 1913 Webster ]

Centaurium

prop. n. A genus of low-growing herbs mostly of the northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers.
Syn. -- genus Centaurium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Centauromachy

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Centaurus

n. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
Syn. -- Centaur, The Centaur. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Centaury

n. [ L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron. ] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea. [ 1913 Webster ]

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半人马座

[半人马座 / 半人馬座, Bàn rén mǎ zuò, ㄅㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ]Centaurus (constellation)#164308[Add to Longdo]

半人马

[半人马 / 半人馬, bàn rén mǎ, ㄅㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄚˇ]centaur (mythology)[Add to Longdo]

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率

[りつ, ritsu](n, n-suf) rate; ratio; proportion; percentage; (P)#774[Add to Longdo]

割(P);割り(P)

[わり, wari](n, n-suf) (1) rate; ratio; proportion; percentage; (2) profit; (3) assignment; (4) 10%; unit of ten percent; (5) sumo match; schedule of sumo matches; (n-suf) (6) (See 水割り・1) diluted with (of drinks); mixed with; (P)#3105[Add to Longdo]

割合(P);割り合い(io)

[わりあい, wariai](adv, n) (1) rate; ratio; percentage; proportion; (2) comparatively; (3) contrary to expectations; (P)#6079[Add to Longdo]

比率

[ひりつ, hiritsu](n) ratio; proportion; percentage; (P)#6431[Add to Longdo]

勝率

[しょうりつ, shouritsu](n) winning percentage; (P)#7143[Add to Longdo]

パーセント

[pa-sento](n) percent; percentage; (P)#8600[Add to Longdo]

削る

[はつる, hatsuru](v5r, vt) (1) to cut down little by little; (2) to take a percentage#19494[Add to Longdo]

ケンタウルス座

[ケンタウルスざ, kentaurusu za](n) (constellation) Centaurus[Add to Longdo]