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hundredth [ˈhʌndrədθ] adj (Mathematics) (usually prenominal) a. being the ordinal number of 100 in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc. b. (as noun) the hundredth in line n
1. (Mathematics) a. one of 100 approximately equal parts of something b. (as modifier) a hundredth part 2. (Physics / General Physics) one of 100 equal divisions of a particular scientific quantity Related prefix centi- centimetre 3. (Mathematics) the fraction equal to one divided by 100 (1/100) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
hundredth noun Related words prefix cent-, centi- Translations hundredth [ˈhʌndrədθ] adj → centième n (= fraction) → centième m a hundredth of a ... → un centième de ... hundredth adj (in series) → hundertste(r, s); (of fraction) → hundertstel hundredth [ˈhʌndrɪdθ] 1. adj → centesimo/a 2. n (in series) → centesimo/a; (fraction) → centesimo hundredth [ˈhʌndrɪdθ] 1. adj → centesimo/a 2. n (in series) → centesimo/a; (fraction) → centesimo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tho' pleasing both in her Person and Manners (between ourselves) she never possessed the hundredth part of my Beauty or Accomplishments. Three feet being the average Perimeter it follows that, in a Polygon of three hundred sides each side will be no more than the hundredth part of a foot in length, or little more than the tenth part of an inch; and in a Polygon of six or seven hundred sides the sides are little larger than the diameter of a Spaceland pin-head. The world says that no worded description of a moving spectacle is a hundredth part as moving as the same spectacle seen with one's own eyes--yet the world is willing to let its son and its daughter and itself look at Titian's beast, but won't stand a description of it in words. |
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