What's the difference between centesimal and hundredth?

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.

Hundredth


Definition:

  • (a.) Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.
  • (a.) Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a tenth.
  • (n.) One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Forty-eight hundredths mol acetyl group and 0.61 mol acetyl-Ala per mol of Pep-4 were detected on RP-HPLC analysis.
  • (2) Finally, a comparison of the activity of lipid A-associated protein-LPS complexes with protein-free LPS demonstrated that an equivalent extent of platelet lysis was achieved with one-one hundredth the concentration of the former as that required for protein-free LPS.
  • (3) Residue content of water samples is normally one-tenth to one-hundredth that of silt, but is much higher during periods of heavy runoff.
  • (4) A concentration of CCh for the half maximum response for this preparation was about one five-hundredth that of cells prepared by the ordinary method.
  • (5) The hemolytic activity of the processed Phe-227 mutant was one-quarter that of wild-type toxin whereas Leu-227 aerolysin had less than one-hundredth the wild-type activity.
  • (6) Administration of diet containing MeIQx at 0.4, 4 or 40 p.p.m., representing one-thousandth, one-hundredth and one-tenth of the dose proved to induce hepatocellular carcinomas (400 p.p.m.
  • (7) The debate highlighted almost all of Obama's worst qualities: he seemed bored to the point of condescension, particular to the point of testiness, and proved for the hundredth or so time that he is Worst.
  • (8) Utilizing nested PCR amplification with agarose gel electrophoresis, CMV can be detected without radioisotopes to a level of sensitivity equivalent to one one-hundredth of a cytomegalic virocyte per cm2 of a 3-microM paraffin section.
  • (9) The amount of topical corticosteroid required was reduced to at most one-twentieth and to as little as one-hundredth of the amount of common topical steroid treatment needed.
  • (10) One hundredth ... no, sorry, one thousandth of the budget of a Star Trek.
  • (11) Clofenapate was effective in bringing about the above changes when administered to the animal at one-hundredth the concentration of clofibrate.
  • (12) Five hundredths mg of D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalin (DADLE) also inhibited contractility and naloxone reversed it.
  • (13) The 50 per cent inhibitory dose of these drugs was about one-hundredth of that of sex steroids.
  • (14) Even more so, these six put together weren't worth one hundredth of an MP's vote.
  • (15) He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "That's one four hundredth of total public spending – one quarter of one percent, and our feeling is that an area that causes so much anxiety for so many people, paying one quarter of one percent of public spending is a price well worth paying."
  • (16) In those cases where tractable models of heterogeneous systems can be developed, the experimental data are consistent with drops in PO2 on the order of a few hundredths of a Torr between cytosol and mitochondrion.
  • (17) The most severely defective of these transform with less than one-hundredth the efficiency of wild type.
  • (18) An aircraft that can't find an airport for landing, a doe searching in vain for a watering place in the desert or a man who has lost his memory in the middle of the metropolis – an endless stream of literary cliches could not reflect one hundredth of the horror and confusion that you feel after being left far from home without friends and family, without comfort and security.
  • (19) In spite of careful optimization of the experimental technique, a statistically significant difference of a few hundredths of a pH unit remained between the results of the two methods.
  • (20) The estimated amount of bactericidal substance present was only about one hundredth of that required to give the same kill with a ;conventional' air disinfectant; a simple physical explanation is proposed for this enhanced effect.

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