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Meaning of centiday | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈsɛntɪdeɪ/

Definitions

One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.

Examples

“ABC's This Day Tonight in Adelaide proudly broke the news on 1 April 1975 that metric time was being introduced to Australia. The new metric time system would see seconds become millidays, minutes become centidays, and hours become decidays.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

centifolia Centigrade Centigrades Centigram Centigramme Centigrammes