a. [ L. centesimus the hundredth, fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centésimal. ] Hundredth. --
The neglect of a few centesimals. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
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