What is "centesimation"

Centesimation \Cen*tes`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. centesimore to take out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth.] (Mil.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

n. (context military history rare English) The (l/en: selection) by (l/en: lot) of every (l/en: hundredth) man (of an (l/en: army) or (l/en: group) of (l/en prisoner prisoners) or (l/en mutineer mutineers)) for (l/en: execution).