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one-third

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n.1.one of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
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Noun1.one-thirdone-third - one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
third, tierce
common fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers
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I told him I had managed to keep the weight sufficiently well up, as I thought, one-third of the whole being in the upper part "above the beams," as the technical expression has it.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
To those who were not familiar with the motions of the moon, they demonstrated that she possesses two distinct motions, the first being that of rotation upon her axis, the second being that of revolution round the earth, accomplishing both together in an equal period of time, that is to say, in twenty-seven and one-third days.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
We shall constitute one-third and more of the ignorance and crime of the South, or one-third its intelligence and progress; we shall contribute one-third to the business and industrial prosperity of the South, or we shall prove a veritable body of death, stagnating, depressing, retarding every effort to advance the body politic.
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