Cent Explained

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

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 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 of a carat

• Cent (area), a unit of land area equal to of an acre (used in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu); also known as the decimal (unit) in West Bengal and Bangladesh

• a unit of nuclear reactivity; see Dollar (reactivity)

See also

• Century, 100 consecutive years
• Percent, 1 in 100
• Cent sign