Century

Definition: Century

Century

Noun

1. 100 years.

2. Ten 10s.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "century" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Century \Cen"tu*ry\, noun; plural Centuries. [Latin centuria (in senses 1 & 3), from centum a hundred: compare to French centurie. See Cent.]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Century

Diuturnity

Noun: diuturnity; a long time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness; perpetuity; blue moon, coon's age, dog's age.

Five

Hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century; hundredweight, cwt.; one hundred and forty-four, gross.

Period

Century, millennium; annus magnus.

The Present Time

Noun: the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour.

Crosswords: Century

One of the great American actors of the 20th century. (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

He tells people he's named after a gun, but I know he's named after a famous 19th century belly dancer (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Understatement of the century. (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa)

Who in their right mind, Kevin, could possibly deny that the twentieth century was mine, all of it Kevin, all of it mine (The Devil's Advocate; writing credit: Tony Gilroy and Jonathan Lemkin. Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman.)

Oh daddy, your dancing went out with pop-up fuels it is practically 20th century. (The Jetsons; writing credit: Aarne Tarkas)

Twenty first century schizoid man. (21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN; performing artist: King Crimson)

Alone and bored on a 30th century night (It's All Been Done; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies; writing credit: Steven Page)

I'm on one, I might bail up in the Century Club (The Next Episode; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

What's in store for the 21st century when we elect those without a mind (Get High On Life; performing artist: Exit-13)

The flow of the century. (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z)

There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If you can't laugh at yourself, you may be missing the joke of the century. (references; author: unknown)

Storm of the Century (1999)

Sale of the Century (1971)

Lord Mountbatten: A Man for the Century (1968)

The Twenty-First Century (1967)

Turn of the Century (1964)

21st Century Schizoid Man (performing artist: King Crimson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• 21st Century Holding Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Century Aluminium Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Century Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Century Builders Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Century Carbon Mining Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• A Sequel to an Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard: The Forgeries of H. Buxton Forman & (reference)

• Cadillac: A Century of Excellence (reference)

• Calcium Carbonate: From the Cretaceous Period into the 21st Century (reference)

• Caledonian Games in Nineteenth Century America (reference)

• Abu Shaker's "Chronography" : a treatise of the 13th century on chronological, calendrical, and astronomical matters, written by a Christian Arab, preserved in Ethiopic : a summary (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• 20th Century Decorative Arts (reference)

• 21st Century Christian (reference)

• 21st Century Computer Trainer (reference)

• 21st Century Music (reference)

• Modernism 20th Century Art & Design (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• 20th Century with Mike Wallace - Falsely Accused (reference)

• "20th Century with Mike Wallace - Ourselves, Our Bodies: The Feminist Movement and the Battle over Abortion" (reference)

• Heroes & Tyrants of the 20th Century - FDR (reference)

• Palisades Amusement Park, A Century of Fond Memories (reference)

• NFL 2000 - A Century of Pro Football (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Classical Kirkby: Orpheus & Corinna (17th Century English Songs on Classical Themes) (reference)

• Guitar & Piano 20th Century Works (reference)

• 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Railroad Tycoon 2: Second Century Expansion Pack (reference)

• DPT Raid 2Ch PCI 16MB 32Bit Ultra2 Century Mid-Range Performance (reference)

• 20TH Century Day By Day (reference)

• 21st Century Easy Zip [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Century NextStep DX Toddler/Youth Car Seat - Checkers (reference)

• Century 87106 Bench Charger (reference)

• Century J900 Rechargeable 12-Volt Portable Power Supply (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

P. malariae, a quartan malaria, produces febrile paroxysms on a 72 hour cycle. Relapses can sometimes occur half a century after being infected. Credit: CDC.

In the last century, infections by Streptococcus pyogenes, (S. hemolyticus), claimed many lives, especially since the organism was the most important cause of puerperal fever and scarlet fever. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

When 19th century astronomer Sir John Herschel spied a swirling cloud of gas with a hole ... Credit: NASA.

Using the Hubble telescope's visible-light camera, astronomers for the first time this century ... Credit: NASA.

Yolo Buggy used to transport and shade base measuring instruments Yolo Base Line, one of the most accurate measured in the Nineteenth Century Base Line party of George Davidson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

St. Brendan striking out into the Atlantic - about 6th Century A.D. St. Brendan checking depths with his sounding pole. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A southwestern view of East Boston as seen from Lewis's Wharf, East Boston ferryway. East Boston was formerly known as Noddle's Island. The Maverick Hotel, named for Samuel Maverick a 17th Century colonist, is the large building in the center. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Map of Antarctica - early Twentieth Century map from the National Geographic Society. Shows track of Admiral Richard Byrd's flight track to the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The strike. A turn of the century recreational fisherman begins the battle. In: "Sport Fishing in California and Florida," by Charles F. Holder. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVIII 1908, Part I, p. 207, Plate I. Credit: Fisheries.

An early diving bell used by 16th Century divers during salvage operations. The book this came from is a text on ship salvage and includes diving information. In: Regola generale di soleuare ogni fondata naue & nauilii con ragione" by Niccolo Tartaglia. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

When Christian ideas succumbed in the 18th century to rationalist ideas, feudal society fought its death battle with the then revolutionary bourgeoisie. (reference)

If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control upon the thoughts of men; if all British moral and material forces and convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high-roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time, but for a century to come. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

American courts have since labored with the doctrine for over half a century. (reference)

For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She had flourished during the period between the early days of Massachusetts and the close of the seventeenth century.

In the nineteenth century the religious idea is undergoing a crisis

Why, Johnny Cashman, you must be nearing the century.

We boast that we belong to the Nineteenth Century and are making the most rapid strides of any nation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Vasectomy has been used for about a century as a means of sterilization. (references)

Change in physical exertion associated with occupation has declined markedly in this century. (references)

How all of this comes about has been a subject of speculation and experiments for more than a century. (references)

Business

This trend is expected to continue well into the 21st century. (references)

The Argentine office furniture market traces its origins to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century. (references)

China is already the world's largest consumer of grain and is expected to remain so well into the next century. (references)

Children

Kyrgyz Republic

The Government has established two funds, Jetkinchek and Kadry XXI Veka (Cadres the 21st Century), to provide educational benefits for low-income and children with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ghana

In 2000 a government medical team, assisted by the police, forcibly immunized approximately 40 children from the First Century Gospel Church (Faith) in Jamestown, Accra, against poliomyelitis. (references)

Kazakhstan

Other persons, including ethnic Kazakhs who are not considered refugees from the Stalin era, such as the descendants of Kazakhs who moved to Mongolia during the previous century, must apply for permission to return. (references)

Economic History

Kiribati

European contact began in the 16th century. (references)

Ukraine

Kiev was razed by Mongol raiders in the 12th century. (references)

Sweden

It became a permanent institution in the 15th century. (references)

Human Rights

Antigua and Barbuda

Conditions at the lone, 18th century prison considerably worsened when a fire destroyed most of the facility in 1999. Prisoners allegedly started the fire to protest random searches by prison guards. (references)

Bhutan

Criminal cases and a variety of civil matters are adjudicated under a legal code established in the 17th century and revised in 1958 and 1965. State-appointed prosecutors file charges and prosecute cases for offenses against the State. (references)

Indigenous People

Honduras

Indigenous and ancestral lands often are defined poorly in documents dating back to the mid-19th century and, in most cases, lack any legal title based on modern cadastral surveys. (references)

Minorities

Madagascar

An Indo-Pakistani community has resided in the country since the early part of the 20th century. (references)

Chile

The country assimilated a major European migration in the 19th century and major Middle Eastern and Croatian migrations in the early part of the 20th century. (references)

Armenia

There is no formally operating mosque, although Yerevan's one surviving 18th century mosque, which was restored with Iranian funding, is open for regular Friday prayers on a tenuous legal basis. (references)

Political Economy

India

President Clinton described this relationship as a partnership for the 21st century. (references)

Argentina

Argentina's history in the 20th century was marked by a high degree of political and economic instability. (references)

Uruguay

The two traditional parties, the Colorado and the Blanco (national), have existed in their present form for most of this century. (references)

Trade

Japan

Prior to that action, only "authorized foreign exchange banks" could undertake such transactions, a system that dated back to Japan's opening to the West in the late 19th century. (references)

Australia

After shielding its industry for most of the twentieth century behind a wall of tariff protection, Australia began reducing some of its tariffs in the early 1970s, followed in the mid-1980s by an economy-wide program of tariff reductions in the most protected industries including automobiles and textiles. (references)

Women

India

Higher female mortality at all age levels, including female infanticide and sex selective termination of pregnancies, accounts for an increase in the ratio of males to females to 107.9 males per 100 females in 1991, from 104.7 males per 100 females in 1981, and from 102.9 males per 100 females at the turn of the century. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

1. Century, FL (town, FIPS 11375)
Location: 30.97747 N, 87.26153 W
Population (1990): 1989 (872 housing units)
Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 32535
Country: USA

2. Century, WV
Zip Code(s): 26214
Country: USA

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