cento

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.toʊ/ Definition: 1. The cardinal number symbol: 100. 2. A group, set, or series of one hundred (cento) humans or entities: a century unit. 3. A foundational unit for percentages, centuries, and large-scale groupings. 4. Denoting a structure or quantity based on one hundred (cento) components, such as a percent, a centennial, or a standard large round number. Significance: • It defines the quantity one hundred with systematic regularity and clarity. • It emphasizes centuries, percentages, and foundational decimal hundreds. • It identifies years (anes) in a century, the basis for percentage calculations, and a common unit for large counts. • It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms. • It simplifies expressions of percentages, historical periods, and large quantitative units. • It improves precision in descriptions of statistical data, anniversaries, and numerical scales. • It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "hundred" with a consistent Latinized cardinal form. Cardinal number: cento (100) Ordinal number: cental (100th) Adjective: cental