'Century' definitions:
Definition of 'century'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Century'
From: GCIDE
- Century \Cen"tu*ry\, n.; pl. Centuries. [L. centuria (in senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See Cent.]
- 1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic.] [1913 Webster]
- And on it said a century of prayers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive years (as, a century of temperance work), usually signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting of a period of one hundred years ending with the hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first century (a. d. 1-100 inclusive); the seventh century (a.d. 601-700); the eighteenth century (a.d. 1701-1800). With words or phrases connecting it with some other system of chronology it is used of similar division of those eras; as, the first century of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100). [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers. (b) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion. [1913 Webster]
- Century plant (Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the name. See Agave.
- The Magdeburg Centuries, an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'century'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundant year,
- academic year,
- aeon,
- age,
- ages,
- annum,
- bicentenary,
- bicentennial,
- bissextile year,
- buck,
- C,
- C-note,
- calendar month,
- calendar year,
- cartwheel,
- cent,
- cental,
- centare,
- centenarian,
- centenary,
- centennial,
- centennium,
- centigram,
- centimeter,
- centipede,
- centistere,
- centred,
- centref,
- centrev,
- centumvir,
- centumvirate,
- centurion,
- common year,
- copper,
- cwt,
- day,
- decade,
- decennary,
- decennium,
- defective year,
- dime,
- dollar,
- dollar bill,
- eternity,
- fifty cents,
- fin,
- fiscal year,
- fish,
- five cents,
- five hundred dollars,
- five-dollar bill,
- five-hundred-dollar bill,
- five-spot,
- fiver,
- fortnight,
- four bits,
- frogskin,
- G,
- G-note,
- grand,
- gross,
- half a C,
- half dollar,
- half G,
- half grand,
- hecatomb,
- hour,
- hundred,
- hundred-dollar bill,
- hundredweight,
- iron man,
- leap year,
- long,
- long hundred,
- long time,
- long while,
- lunar month,
- lunar year,
- lunation,
- luster,
- lustrum,
- man-hour,
- microsecond,
- mill,
- millennium,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- moment,
- month,
- month of Sundays,
- moon,
- nickel,
- one C,
- penny,
- quarter,
- quinquennium,
- red cent,
- regular year,
- right smart spell,
- sawbuck,
- second,
- semester,
- sesquicentenary,
- sesquicentennial,
- session,
- sidereal year,
- silver dollar,
- skin,
- smacker,
- solar year,
- sun,
- ten cents,
- ten-spot,
- tenner,
- tercentenary,
- tercentennial,
- term,
- thousand dollars,
- thousand-dollar bill,
- trimester,
- twelvemonth,
- twenty-dollar bill,
- twenty-five cents,
- two bits,
- two-dollar bill,
- two-spot,
- week,
- weekday,
- yard,
- year,
- years,
- years on end
Century, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Century, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
Population (2000) :
1714
Housing Units (2000) :
800
Land area (2000) :
3.280645 sq. miles (8.496830 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.060760 sq. miles (0.157367 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.341405 sq. miles (8.654197 sq. km)
FIPS code :
11362
Located within :
Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location :
30.977648 N, 87.261500 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
32535
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.