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• Century (cricket) — Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record of highest number of runs and centuries scored in both Test and ODI forms of cricket. In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innin …   Wikipedia

• Century break — In snooker a century break refers to scoring 100 points or more within one visit at the table, without missing a shot. The player does this by potting red balls and coloured balls alternately. Scoring 100 points over the course of a whole frame… …   Wikipedia

• Century (homonymie) — Century Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Century, terme anglais signifiant siècle, se retrouve dans : Sommaire 1 Toponymes 2 Musique …   Wikipédia en Français

• century — ► NOUN (pl. centuries) 1) a period of one hundred years. 2) a batsman s score of a hundred runs in cricket. 3) a company of a hundred men in the ancient Roman army. USAGE Strictly speaking, centuries run from 01 to 100, meaning that the new… …   English terms dictionary

• Century (cricket) — Batteur célébrant un century Pour les articles homonymes, voir century. Un century ou hundred est un score individuel supérieur à cent runs …   Wikipédia en Français

• score — scoreless, adj. scorer, n. /skawr, skohr/, n., pl. scores, score for 11, v., scored, scoring. n. 1. the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match. 2. the total points or strokes made by one side, individual, play,… …   Universalium

• score — I. noun (plural scores) Etymology: Middle English scor, from Old Norse skor notch, tally, twenty; akin to Old English scieran to cut more at shear Date: 14th century 1. or plural score a. twenty b. a group of 20 things often used i …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• score — [11] The etymological notion underlying score is of ‘cutting’ – for it is related to English shear. It was borrowed from Old Norse skor, which went back to the same prehistoric Germanic base – *skur , *sker ‘cut’ – that produced shear (not to… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• score — [11] The etymological notion underlying score is of ‘cutting’ – for it is related to English shear. It was borrowed from Old Norse skor, which went back to the same prehistoric Germanic base – *skur , *sker ‘cut’ – that produced shear (not to… …   Word origins

• score — n. & v. n. 1 a the number of points, goals, runs, etc., made by a player, side, etc., in some games. b the total number of points etc. at the end of a game (the score was five nil). c the act of gaining esp. a goal (a superb score there!). 2 (pl …   Useful english dictionary

• Century (Snooker) — Break (snooker) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Break. Un break est une série d empochages consécutifs auquel on attribue la somme des valeurs des billes empochées durant ce break. Le joueur doit d abord empocher une rouge qui vaut un point,… …   Wikipédia en Français