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Cent

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Cent may refer to:

Currency

  • Cent (currency), a one-hundredth subdivision of several units of currency
  • Penny (Canadian coin), a Canadian coin removed from circulation in 2013
  • 1 cent (Dutch coin), a Dutch coin minted between 1941 and 1944
  • 1 cent euro coin, a European coin
  • Penny (United States coin), a United States coin
  • Penny (British decimal coin), a British coin

Locations

  • Cents, Luxembourg, a quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
  • Cent, the Old English term for modern-day Kent, England

Measurement

  • Cent (music), a logarithmic measure of relative pitch or intervals
  • "Cent" is an informal name for ​1&fras1;100 of a unit of measurement, as in "12 cents of an inch". Specifically, it can refer to:
  • an alternative name for the point, a unit of mass for gemstones equal to ​1&fras1;100 of a carat
  • Cent (area), a unit of land area equal to ​1&fras1;100 of an acre (used in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu) - also known as the decimal in West Bengal and Bangladesh.)
  • a unit of nuclear reactivity; see Dollar (reactivity)

See also

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