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multicentury

multicentury adjective: occurring over multiple centuries.

Adjective

multicentury (not comparable)

  1. Occurring over multiple centuries.
    • Dr. Weber and her colleagues are the latest custodians of the Beal seed viability experiment: a multicentury attempt to figure out how long seeds can lie dormant in the soil without losing their ability to germinate.2021 April 21, Cara Giaimo, “One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2021
    Synonyms:
    centuries-long

Synonyms of multicentury

Forms of multicentury

alternative formmulti-century

Origin of multicentury

From multi- + century.

Questions about multicentury

What does multicentury mean?
Multicentury means occurring over multiple centuries.
What part of speech is multicentury?
Multicentury is an adjective.

Words near multicentury in the dictionary

  1. multicentre
  2. multicentred
  3. multicentric
  4. multicentrically
  5. multicentricity
  6. multicentury
  7. multichain
  8. multichains
  9. multichallenge
  10. multichallenger
  11. multichamber

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