hundredth

[ huhn-dridth, -dritth ]

/ ˈhʌn drɪdθ, -drɪtθ /

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adjective

next after the ninety-ninth; being the ordinal number for 100.

being one of 100 equal parts.

noun

a hundredth part, especially of one (1/100).

the hundredth member of a series.

Also called hundredth's place. (in decimal notation) the position of the second digit to the right of the decimal point.

Nearby words

Origin of hundredth

1250–1300; Middle English. See hundred, -th²

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Examples from the Web for hundredth

Tears have been shed when our adult brains best his for the hundredth time at The Memory Game.
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The modern Iraqi state is less than a century old but it may not survive to mark its hundredth birthday.
Vets Pick the Best Books About Iraq|The Daily Beast|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, when growth's anemic, you hate to lose even a hundredth of a percentage point.
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Are they the same shape and size, down to the nearest hundredth millimeter?
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For the hundredth time she wondered what could have induced Nyoda to keep running away from them like that.
The Campfire Girls Go Motoring|Hildegard G. Frey
Could any truthful man write this and then mean that less than a hundredth part of the earth's surface was covered.
The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science|William Denton
A Grimsby lady who has just celebrated her hundredth birthday states that she has never visited a cinema theatre.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 3, 1917|Various
That Sam Tremail loved her a hundredth part as much as he did, he did not believe possible.
The Squire's Daughter|Silas K(itto) Hocking
Vanna asked herself curiously for the hundredth time in the course of the last few days.
A Question of Marriage|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

British Dictionary definitions for hundredth

hundredth

/ (ˈhʌndrədθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

being the ordinal number of 100 in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc
(as noun)the hundredth in line

noun

one of 100 approximately equal parts of something
(as modifier)a hundredth part

one of 100 equal divisions of a particular scientific quantitycentimetre Related prefix: centi-

the fraction equal to one divided by 100 (1/100)

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Word Origin and History for hundredth