Century (dictionary)

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BoyWiki Dictionary: Century (dictionary)
n /ˈsɛn.tʃɚ.i/, /ˈsɛn.tʃə.ɹiː/

¹ a period of 100 years.


A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred; abbreviated c.) is one hundred consecutive years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages (e.g. "the 7th century AD/CE").

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.