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λεπτό — meaning in English

lepto

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English meaning

  • cent noun A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
  • minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
  • second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.

Senses

λεπτό is used for these senses in English:

  • Eurocent One hundredth of a euro.
  • cent (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
  • cent (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
  • lepton A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
  • minute (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
  • second A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
  • second (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.

cent — full definition

  1. noun A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
  2. noun A small sum of money.
  3. noun A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
  4. noun A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

minute — full definition

  1. noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
  2. noun A written record of what was discussed or decided at a meeting (usually plural: minutes).
  3. adj (pronounced differently, my-NEWT) Extremely small, or extremely detailed and careful.

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