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{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q578}} A [[period]] of 100 consecutive [[year]]s; ''often specifically'' a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the ''twentieth century'', which stretches from (''strictly'') 1901 through 2000, or (''informally'') 1900 through 1999. The ''first century [[AD]]'' was from 1 to 100.

*#: {{sense|period of 100 years}} {{lsyn|en|age|<id=:century}}; {{l|en>|centennium}} {{q|<qq:rare}}; {{l|en>|yearhundred}} {{q|v. <qq:rare}}; {{l|en>|centenary}} {{q|<qq:obsolete>}}

#: {{hol|en|kiloannum<id:Q3013059>|kiloyear<id:Q3013059>|millennium<id:Q36507>|<|terasecond<id:Q1322380>|<|mega-annum<id:Q20764>|megayear<id:Q20764>|<|petasecond<id:Q1066138>|<|giga-annum<id:Q524410>|gigayear<id:Q524410>|<|exasecond<id:Q906223>|<|zettasecond<id:Q12011178>|<|yottasecond<id:Q14913554>|<|ronnasecond<id:Q122972375>|<|quettasecond<id:Q116939356>}}

#: {{mer|en|quectosecond<id:Q125387265>|<|rontosecond<id:Q125387281>|<|yoctosecond<id:Q2762458>|<|zeptosecond<id:Q1872619>|<|attosecond<id:Q2483628>|<|femtosecond<id:Q1777507>|<|picosecond<id:Q3902709>|<|nanosecond<id:Q838801>|<|microsecond<id:Q842015>|<|millisecond<id:Q723733>|<|centisecond<id:Q3249364>|<|decisecond<id:Q3251645>|<|second<id:Q11574>|<|decasecond<id:Q1040401>|<|minute<id:Q7727>|<|hectosecond<id:Q1040427>|<|kilosecond<id:Q1374438>|<|microcentury#Noun<qq:humorous>|<|hour<id:Q25235>|<|day<id:Q573>|<|week<id:Q23387>|<|megasecond<id:Q1197459>|<|fortnight<id:Q2993680>|<|month<id:Q5151>|<|year<id:Q577>|<|gigasecond<id:Q1377051>}}

#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=Foreword|passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him {{...}} of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous '''century''' and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-20|volume=408|issue=8845|magazine=w:The Economist

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#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Glen Jankowski|title=Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted|magazine=w:CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/alopecia-in-art-history-wellness|date=2024-03-31|passage=In 16th and 17th '''century''' Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.}}

# A [[unit]] in [[ancient]] [[Roman]] army, originally of 100 [[army]] soldiers as part of a [[cohort]], later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a [[centurion]].

#: {{syn|en|centuria}}

#: {{hol|en|maniple|cohort|legion}}

# A [[political]] [[division]] of ancient Rome, meeting in the [[centuriate|Centuriate]] Assembly.

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# {{lb|en|sports}} A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

# {{lb|en|US|informal}} A [[banknote]] in the [[denomination]] of one hundred [[dollar]]s.

====Synonyms====

* {{sense|period of 100 years}} {{l|en|age|id=century}}; {{l|en|centennium}} {{q|rare}}; {{l|en|yearhundred}} {{q|v. rare}}; {{l|en|centenary}} {{q|obsolete}}

* {{sense|Roman military unit}} {{l|en|centuria}}

====Coordinate terms====

{{list:units of time/en}}

====Derived terms====