Etymology

centipoise

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Today it means: A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the number, the less viscous the material.) Symbol: cP. Full definition →

English poise ← French centi- ← Latin centi-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kəntom
  4. Latincentum
  5. Latincenti-
  6. Frenchcenti-
  7. Englishcenti-
  8. Englishpoise
  9. English todaycentipoise

From centi- + poise.

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