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centennial definition

cen·ten·nial (sen ten′ē əl, -yəl)

adjective

  1. of 100 years
  2. happening once in 100 years
  3. lasting 100 years
  4. of a 100th anniversary

Etymology: < L centum, hundred + annus, year (see annual) + -al

noun

a 100th anniversary or its commemoration

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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