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As a noun century is
a period of 100 consecutive years;
often specifically'' a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, eg, the ''twentieth century'', which stretches from (''strictly'') 1901 through 2000, or (''informally'') 1900 through 1999 the ''first century ad was from 1 to 100; a yearhundred.
