saeculum — meaning in English

English meaning

• century noun A period of one hundred years.
• earth name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.

Senses

saeculum is used for these senses in English:

• century A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
• earth The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).

century — full definition

1. noun A period of one hundred years.
2. noun In cricket, a score of one hundred runs by a single batsman in an innings.
3. noun A unit of the ancient Roman army, originally about a hundred soldiers.

earth — full definition

1. name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.
2. noun Soil or ground; loose dirt.
3. noun The ground or land, as opposed to sky or sea.
4. noun A connection to the ground in an electrical circuit (British English for "ground").
5. verb To connect something electrically to the ground.

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