centesimation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution. countable,rare,uncountable
    — CENTESIMATION, a milder kind of military puniſhment, in caſes of deſertion, mutiny, and the like, when only every hundredth man is executed.

词形变化

centesimations plural

词源

From the Latin centēsimātiō, from centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare quintation, septimation, decimation, vicesimation, and tricesimation.
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