centisecond

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noun

An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻² seconds. Symbol: cs

“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncentisecond (plural centiseconds)

plural centiseconds

  1. metrologyAn SI unit of time equal to 10⁻² seconds. Symbol: cs

    Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond

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    Holonyms: decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

    sprunker: "ok ill delay the update by 67 years, 67 months, 67 days, 67 hours, 67 seconds, 67 deciseconds, 67 centiseconds, 67 milliseconds, 67 microseconds, 67 nanoseconds, 67 picoseconds, 67 femtoseconds, 67 attoseconds, 67 zeptoseconds, 67 yoctoseconds, 67 rontoseconds, 67 quectoseconds, and 67... plank ^([sic]) time????".

    2025 October 7, baldigaming285, somesillysprunker, “can we all laugh at this guy”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2026

Origin

  1. Frenchcentiseconde
  2. Englishcentisecond

From centi- + second, modelled on French centiseconde.

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Translations

Catalan centisegon
  • centisegonunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
French centiseconde
  • centisecondeunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Hungarian centiszekundum, századmásodperc
  • centiszekundumunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
  • századmásodpercunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Italian centisecondo
  • centisecondounit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Malay sentisaat
  • sentisaatunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Portuguese centisegundo
  • centisegundounit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Russian сантисеку́нда
  • сантисеку́нда (santisekúnda)unit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Slovak centisekunda
  • centisekundaunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Spanish centisegundo
  • centisegundounit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Swedish centisekund
  • centisekundunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
Cite this entry
APA

centisecond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centisecond

MLA

“centisecond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centisecond. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centisecond,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centisecond.

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