hundredth
adjective
next after the ninety-ninth; being the ordinal number for 100.
hundredths
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pluralof hundredth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At the bottom of the expense heap is index fund Pioneer Vanguard, owner of the first trillion-dollar ETF, at just four hundredths of a percent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
A move up or down by tenths or even hundredths of a percentage point has the power to move markets and revise economic expectations.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Collins demonstrated why she is one of the Southland’s top sprinters, taking first in the 200 in 23.25 — 30 hundredths of a second off the meet record set in 2002 by L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
With the margin between winning gold and going home empty handed "hundredths of a second", two-time world champion Weston knows that innovation in aerodynamics is key to the "minor gains" needed.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
Rather, what we know is encoded in cells called neurons— microscopic electrochemical switching elements, typically a few hundredths of a millimeter across.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
