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The céntimo (in Spanish-speaking countries) or cêntimo (in Portuguese-speaking countries) was a currency unit of Spain, Portugal and their former colonies. The word derived from the Latin centimus [1] meaning "hundredth part". The main Spanish currency, before the euro, was the peseta which was divided into 100
The centavo (Spanish and Portuguese 'one hundredth') is a fractional monetary unit that represents one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the world. [1] The term comes from Latin centum (lit. ' one hundred '), with the added suffix -avo ('portion').
Centesimo (Italian: centesimo; pl.: centesimi; Spanish: centésimo; pl.: centésimos) is a currency unit equivalent to cent, derived from the Latin centesimus meaning "hundredth". In Italy it was the 1 ⁄ 100 division of the Italian lira. Currencies that have centesimo as subunits include: Circulating
In the European community, cent is the official name for one hundredth of a euro.However, in French-speaking countries, the word centime is the preferred term.The Superior Council of the French language of Belgium recommended in 2001 the use of centime, since cent is also the French word for "hundred".
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The first coin worth one tenth of a peso was the 10 centimo coin of 1864-1888 issued under Queen Isabel II of Spain, followed by 10 centimos of 1880-1885 issued under King Alfonso XII. The latter obverse was inscribed 'Alfonso XII por La G(racia) de Dios' (Alfonso XII, by the Grace of God) and the year of minting.
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 compare the sizes of comparable intervals in different tuning systems.
The pronunciation is encoded using a modified form of the ARPABET system, with the addition of stress marks on vowels of levels 0, 1, and 2. A line-initial ;;; token indicates a comment. A derived format, directly suitable for speech recognition engines is also available as part of the distribution; this format collapses stress distinctions ...