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Centesimation
Centesimation Cen*tes`i*ma"tion, n. [L. centesimore to take
out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth.]
(Mil.)
The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every
hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
Infinitesimal
Infinitesimal In`fin*i*tes"i*mal, n. (Math.)
An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any
assignable quantity.
Infinitesimally
Infinitesimally In`fin*i*tes"i*mal*ly, adv.
By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an
infinitesimal degree.
Millesimal
Millesimal Mil*les"i*mal, a. [L. millesimus, fr. mille a
thousand.]
Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; as, millesimal
fractions.
NonagesimalNonagesimal Non`a*ges"i*mal, a. [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth.
See Nonagenarian.] (Astron.)
Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal. Nonagesimal
Nonagesimal Non`a*ges"i*mal, n. (Astron.)
The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which
is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth
degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it
is intersected by the horizon.
QuadragesimaQuadragesima Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the
fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See
Four.] (Eccl.)
The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty
days before Easter. Quadragesima SundayQuadragesima Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the
fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See
Four.] (Eccl.)
The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty
days before Easter. Quadragesimals
Quadragesimals Quad`ra*ges"i*mals, n. pl.
Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on
Mid-Lent Sunday.
QuinquagesimaQuinquagesima Quin`qua*ges"i*ma, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus
the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See
Five.]
Fiftieth.
Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day
before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning;
-- called also Shrove Sunday. Quinquagesima SundayQuinquagesima Quin`qua*ges"i*ma, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus
the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See
Five.]
Fiftieth.
Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day
before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning;
-- called also Shrove Sunday. Septuagesima
Septuagesima Sep`tu*a*ges"i*ma, n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus
the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.)
The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is
about seventy days before Easter.
Septuagesimal
Septuagesimal Sep`tu*a*ges"i*mal, a.
Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by
seventies.
Our abridged and septuagesimal age. --Sir T.
Browne.
Sexagesima
Sexagesima Sex`a*ges"i*ma, n. [L., fem. of sexagesimus
sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.] (Eccl.)
The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about
the sixtieth day before Easter.
Sexagesimal
Sexagesimal Sex`a*ges"i*mal, n.
A sexagesimal fraction.
Vigesimal
Vigesimal Vi*ges"i*mal, a. [L. vigesimus twentieth, from
viginti twenty.]
Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty
parts. --Tylor.
Vigesimation
Vigesimation Vi*ges`i*ma"tion, n.
The act of putting to death every twentieth man. [R.]
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