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Cen Wenben — (岑文本) (595 May 10, 645 [ [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2 dyna=%AD%F0 king=%A4%D3%A9v reign=%ADs%C6%5B yy=19 ycanzi= mm=4 dd= dcanzi=%A4B%A5%BC 兩千年中西曆轉換 ] ] ), courtesy name Jingren (景仁), formally Viscount Xian of… … Wikipedia
CEN/XFS — or XFS provides a client server architecture for financial applications on the Microsoft Windows platform, especially peripheral devices such as EFTPOS terminals and ATMs which are unique to the financial industry. It was initially known as WOSA… … Wikipedia
Cen|tu|ry — «SEHN chuhr ee», noun, plural ries. 1. each 100 years, counting from some special time, such as the birth of Christ: »the 20th century. For the last three centuries, Western civilization has dedicated a good part of its energies to the invention… … Useful english dictionary
cen|tu|ry — «SEHN chuhr ee», noun, plural ries. 1. each 100 years, counting from some special time, such as the birth of Christ: »the 20th century. For the last three centuries, Western civilization has dedicated a good part of its energies to the invention… … Useful english dictionary
cen|ti|grade — «SEHN tuh grayd», adjective. 1. divided into 100 degrees or equal parts: »The temperature scale used in all scientific work and in common use in many countries is the centigrade scale, in which the fixed points are taken as 0 °C and 100° C… … Useful english dictionary
cen|ti|pede — «SEHN tuh peed», noun. a flat, wormlike animal with many pairs of legs; chilopod. The first pair of legs are clawlike and in some cases contain poison glands. The bite of some centipedes is painful. Centipedes vary in length from an inch or so to … Useful english dictionary
cen|tri|fuge — «SEHN truh fyooj», noun, verb, fuged, fug|ing. –n. 1. a machine for separating two substances varying in density, as cream from milk or bacteria from a fluid, by means of centrifugal force; centrifugal machine: »The two solvents are well mixed… … Useful english dictionary
cen|trist — «SEHN trihst», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a member of a moderate political party in one of several countries of continental Europe whose political views are neither radical nor conservative. 2. U.S. a moderate in politics; middle of the roader: »A… … Useful english dictionary
cen|trum — «SEHN truhm», noun, plural trums or tra. 1. a central part or center. 2. Anatomy. the body of a vertebra. The centrum is the solid part to which a bony arch and processes are attached. »Each vertebra is made up of a spoollike centrum surmounted… … Useful english dictionary
cen|tum language — «KEHN tuhm», one of the languages of the western division of Indo European languages, including Greek, Italic, Celtic, and Germanic. The centum languages are characterized by their use of velar sounds such as represented by k in Kent, instead of… … Useful english dictionary
