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centums

centums is the plural of centum.

Meaning of centum

Noun

centum (plural centums)

  1. (Sanskrit and other Indian philology) Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
    • Tonda-mandala-sātacam, a centum of verses on the Conjeveram country, No. 148, C. M. 73. The sātacam is a poem of one hundred stanzas, in its appropriate metre.1847, William Taylor, Madras Journal of Literature and Science
  2. (India) Perfect score on a board examination.
    • Achyuta Satakam is a centum in Prakrit Language; Devanayaka Panchasat (the fifty on Devanayaka), in sanskrit and several poetical works in Tamil.1991, A. Srinivasa Raghavan, The Life and Works of Sri Nigamanta Maha Desikan

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Questions about centums

What is centums the plural of?
Centums is the plural of centum.

Words near centums in the dictionary

  1. centumization
  2. centumize
  3. centumized
  4. centumizes
  5. centumizing
  6. centums
  7. centumvir
  8. centumviral
  9. centumvirate
  10. centumvirates
  11. centumviri

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