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词根词缀:centi-, cent-

【来源及含义】Latin: hundred; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements

【相关描述】This prefix is used in the metric [decimal] system as, one-hundredth [U.S.] and hundredth [U.K.], and denotes 1/100th of a unit or 10-2 [0.01]. The metric symbol for centi- is c.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "metric" families: yotta; zetta; exa; peta; tera; giga; mega; kilo; hecto; deka; deci; milli; micro; nano; pico; femto; atto; zepto; yocto.

【同源单词】bicentenary, bicentennial, bicentric, bicentricity, cent, cental

词根词缀:gram-, -gram-, -gram, -grammatic, -grammatical, -grammatically, -gramme, -grammic

【来源及含义】Greek: write, writing, something written, a written record, a recording; letters; words; later, a small weight, a unit of mass in the metric system

【相关描述】A unit of weight in the metric system from 1797 gramme, borrowing of French gramme, from Late Latin gramma, "small weight"; from Greek gramma, "small weight"; originally, "something written"; from the stem of graphein, "to draw, to write".

【相关词根词缀】Related "writing" word units: glypto-; graph-; scrib-, script-.

【同源单词】accelerogram, achillogram, acoustogram, acrogram, acronym, actinogram