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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it);
[syn: centennial, centenary]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years;
- Example: "centennial celebration"
[syn: centennial, centenary]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. centum a hundred + annus year.] 1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode. [1913 Webster] 2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration. [1913 Webster] 3. Lasting or aged a hundred years. [1913 Webster] That opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

centennial adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; "centennial celebration" [syn: centennial, centenary] n 1: the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: centennial, centenary]