centisecond
See also: centi-second
English
editEtymology
editFrom centi- + second, modelled on French centiseconde.[1]
Noun
editcentisecond (plural centiseconds)
- (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−2 seconds. Symbol: cs
- Alternative form: cs (symbol)
- Holonyms: decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
- Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond
- 2025 October 7, baldigaming285, somesillysprunker, “can we all laugh at this guy”, in Reddit[1], archived from the original on 17 February 2026:
- sprunker: "ok ill delay the update by 67 years, 67 months, 67 days, 67 hours, 67 seconds, 67 deciseconds, 67 centiseconds, 67 milliseconds, 67 microseconds, 67 nanoseconds, 67 picoseconds, 67 femtoseconds, 67 attoseconds, 67 zeptoseconds, 67 yoctoseconds, 67 rontoseconds, 67 quectoseconds, and 67... plank [sic] time????".
Usage notes
edit- The centisecond, decisecond, decasecond, and hectosecond are almost never used in science, and their names are rarely found outside dictionaries and word lists.
Translations
editunit of time equal to 0.01 seconds
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References
edit- ^ “centisecond, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
