Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centesimation

/ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tes-i-ma-tion
IPA: /ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"CENTESIMATION, a milder kind of military puniſhment, in caſes of deſertion, mutiny, and the like, when only every hundredth man is executed."
"Sometimes the criminals were decimated by lot, as appears in Polybius, Tacitus, Plutarch, Appian, Dio, Julius Capitolinus, who also mentions a centesimation."
"1897, The Columbian Cyclopedia VI, “centesimate” To inflict the punishment of centesimation."
"Centesimation…carries only one-tenth the sensation value of “decimation”."
"Decimate, to select by lot and put to death every tenth man of (a captured army or body of prisoners or mutineers) […] Compare 1/100: centesimation."

Etymology

From the Latin centēsimātiō, from centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare quintation, septimation, decimation, vicesimation, and tricesimation.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

centesimations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

centesimate quintation (1 5) septimation (1 7) decimation (1 10) vicesimation (1

Questions

How do you pronounce centesimation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/.
What does centesimation mean?: The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.
Where does centesimation come from?: From the Latin centēsimātiō, from centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare quintation, septimation, decimation, vicesimation, and tricesimation.

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