Definisjon av century

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century - A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e. g. , the twentieth century, which stretches from strictly 1901 through 2000, or informally 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100; a yearhundred.
century - A unit in ancient Roman, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80 soldiers or other men guards, police, firemen, commanded by a centurion.
century - A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
century - A hundred things; a hundred.
century - A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
century - A ride 100 miles in length.
century - A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

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  • A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred) is one hundred consecutive years. It is also a Roman term. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages.

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  • century
    A period of 100 years.
  • century
    A hundred runs scored in cricket either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
  • century
    A unit of the ancient Roman army, originally of 100 soldiers, later reduced to 80.

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