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hundredth

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hun·dredth  (hndrdth)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 100 in a series.
2. One of 100 equal parts.

hundredth adj.

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
Noun1.hundredth - position 100 in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
2.hundredth - one part in a hundred equal parts
common fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers
Adj.1.hundredthhundredth - the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"

hundredth noun
Related words
prefix cent-, centi-
Translations
hundredth [ˈhʌndrɪdθ]
A. ADJcentésimo
B. Ncentésimo m, centésima parte f
hundredth [ˈhʌndrədθ]
adjcentième
n (= fraction) → centième m
a hundredth of a ... → un centième de ...
hundredth
adj (in series) → hundertste(r, s); (of fraction)hundertstel
nHundertste(r, s) decl as adj; (= fraction)Hundertstel nt ? also sixth
hundredth [ˈhʌndrɪdθ]
1. adjcentesimo/a
2. n (in series) → centesimo/a; (fraction) → centesimo

hundredth [ˈhʌndrɪdθ]
1. adjcentesimo/a
2. n (in series) → centesimo/a; (fraction) → centesimo


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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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