centennial

5 definitions found

centennial - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. centum a hundred + annus
     year.]
     1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an
        event that happened a hundred years before; as, a
        centennial ode.
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     2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee;
        a centennial celebration.
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     3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.
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              That opened through long lines
              Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.  --Longfellow.
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  Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, n.
     The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a
     centenary. [U. S.]
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centennial - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  centennial
      adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years;
             "centennial celebration" [syn: centennial, centenary]
      n 1: the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
           centennial, centenary]

centennial - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Centennial, WY
    Zip code(s): 82055

centennial - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "centennial":
     C, anniversary, annual, annual holiday, biannual, bicentenary,
     bicentennial, biennial, bimonthly, birthday, bissextile day,
     biweekly, catamenial, cental, centare, centenarian, centenary,
     centennium, centesimal, centigrado, centigram, centimeter,
     centipede, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir,
     centumvirate, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centurion,
     century, commemoration, cwt, daily, decennial, diamond jubilee,
     diurnal, fortnightly, golden wedding anniversary, gross,
     hebdomadal, hecatomb, holy days, hourly, hundred, hundredfold,
     hundredth, hundredweight, immovable feast, jubilee, leap year,
     long hundred, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, name day,
     natal day, octennial, one C, quadrennial, quarterly,
     quasquicentennial, quincentenary, quincentennial, quinquennial,
     quotidian, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly,
     semiyearly, septennial, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial,
     sextennial, silver wedding anniversary, tercentenary,
     tercentennial, tertian, tricennial, triennial, wedding anniversary,
     weekly, yearly