What's the difference between centesimal and centner?
Centesimal
Definition:
(a.) Hundredth.
(n.) A hundredth part.
Example Sentences:
(1) Basophil degranulation induced by 1.66 X 10(-9) M anti-IgE antibody was significantly inhibited in the presence of 5 Lung his (5th centesimal dilution of Lung his) and 15 Lung his (15th centesimal dilution of Lung his) by 28.8% and 28.6% respectively and by 65.8% in the presence of 9 Apis mel (9th centesimal dilution of Apis mel).
(2) They were predominantly neutral, oligomannoside-type oligosaccharides containing 5, 6, and 9 mannose residues, respectively, in the centesimal ratio of 36:25:34.
(3) The effects of centesimal (cH) and decimal (dH) dilutions were studied.
(4) Basophil degranulation induced by 1.66 X 10(-16) to 1.66 X 10(-18) M anti-IgE antibody was also inhibited by high dilutions of Lung his and Apis mel with an inhibition of nearly 100% with 18 Lung his (18th centesimal dilution of Lung his) and 10 Apis mel (10th centesimal dilution of Apis mel).
(5) Overall, the decimal dilutions augmented the elimination of arsenic more than the centesimals.
Centner
Definition:
(n.) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.
(n.) The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.