Obs. Also 5 centysme, 7 centesme; also 8 in Lat. form centesima. [a. OF. centiesme (prob. in Anglo-F. centesme, centisme), mod.F. centième, centime:—L. centēsim-um hundredth.] A hundredth part.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 427/3. The centysme of the goodes of the forsayd bysshop.
1635. Gellibrand, Variation Magn. Needle, 2. The Horizon … divided into 360 parts, and each part subdivided into Centesmes or Millesmes.
1827. Hutton, Course Math., I. 150. Mr. Briggs also computed the Logarithms of the sines, tangents, and secants, to every degree, and centesm, or 100th part of a degree.
