Cent may refer to:
Currency
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Cent (currency)
The cent is a monetary unit of many national currencies that equals a hundredth () of the basic monetary unit. The word derives from the Latin , 'hundred'.
The cent sign is commonly a simple minuscule (lower case) letter . In North America, ...
, a one-hundredth subdivision of several units of currency
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Penny (Canadian coin), a Canadian coin removed from circulation in 2013
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1 cent (Dutch coin)
The one-cent coin was a coin struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1817 and 1980. The coin was worth 1 cent or of a Dutch dutch guilder, guilder.
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, a Dutch coin minted between 1941 and 1944
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1 cent euro coin
The 1 euro cent coin (€0.01) has a value of one hundredth of a euro and is composed of copper-covered steel. It is the lowest-value coin in the Eurozone; the next lowest are the 2 euro cent coin, 2 and 5 euro cent coins. All euro coins have a ...
, a European coin
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Penny (United States coin)
The penny, officially known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar. It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mil ...
, a United States coin
Locations
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Cents, Luxembourg, a quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
* Cent, the Old English term for modern-day
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, England
Measurement
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Cent (music)
The cent is a logarithmic unit of measure used for musical intervals. Twelve-tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each. Typically, cents are used to express small intervals, to check intonation, or to comp ...
, a logarithmic measure of relative pitch or intervals
*"Cent" is an informal name for of a
unit of measurement
A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude (mathematics), magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other qua ...
, as in "12 cents of an inch". Specifically, it can refer to:
:*an alternative name for the point, a unit of mass for gemstones equal to of a
carat
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Cent (area)
The cent is a customary unit of measurement still used in some parts of southern Indian states such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka despite the usual use of Metric system, metric units for other instances. One cent is ...
, a unit of land area equal to of an acre (used in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu); also known as the
decimal (unit)
A decimal (also spelled decimil or dismil; ) is a unit of area in India and Bangladesh. After metrication in the mid-20th century by both countries, the unit became officially obsolete. However, it is still in use among the rural population in Nor ...
in West Bengal and Bangladesh
:*a unit of nuclear reactivity; see
Dollar (reactivity)
A dollar is a unit of reactivity for a nuclear reactor, calibrated to the interval between the conditions of criticality and prompt criticality. Prompt criticality will result in an extremely rapid power rise, with the resultant destruction of th ...
See also
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50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, ...
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Century
A century is a period of 100 years or 10 decades. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c.
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, 100 consecutive years
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Percent
In mathematics, a percentage () is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the ''percent sign'' (%), although the abbreviations ''pct.'', ''pct'', and sometimes ''pc'' are also used. A percentage is a dime ...
, 1 in 100
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Cent sign
The cent is a monetary unit of many national currencies that equals a hundredth () of the basic monetary unit. The word derives from the Latin , 'hundred'.
The cent sign is commonly a simple minuscule (lower case) letter . In North America, the ...
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