100

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 100 mean? 

• 100 (noun)
  The noun 100 has 1 sense:

1. ten 10s

  Familiarity information: 100 used as a noun is very rare.

• 100 (adjective)
  The adjective 100 has 1 sense:

1. being ten more than ninety

  Familiarity information: 100 used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 100 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ten 10s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

100; C; century; hundred; one C

Hypernyms ("100" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

• 100 (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being ten more than ninety

Synonyms:

100; c; hundred; one hundred

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

There are more than 100 different types of cancer.

(Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

This allele, which encodes Fanconi anemia-associated protein of 100 kDa, is involved in the mediation of DNA repair by the Fanconi anemia DNA repair complex.

(C17orf70 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Height: 24-27 inches (61-69 cm.) Weight: 100-133 pounds (45-60 kg.)

(Bullmastiff, NCI Thesaurus)

Botulinum toxin is a protein composed of two subunits joined by a disulfide bond, a 100 kD heavy subunit and a 50 kD light subunit that is a protease.

(Botulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Catenin alpha-1 (906 aa, ~100 kDa) is encoded by the human CTNNA1 gene.

(Catenin Alpha-1, NCI Thesaurus)

The LHRH ligand moiety of membrane-disrupting peptide EP-100 specifically binds to LHRH receptors, which are upregulated on a variety of human cancer cell types.

(Membrane-Disrupting Peptide EP-100, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MLL5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 7q22.1 and is approximately 100 kb in length.

(MLL5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MIR132 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 17p13.3 and is 100 bases in length.

(MIR132 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also a unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of substance which mass equal to one milligram occupies the volume one cubic deciliter or 100 cubic centimeters.

(Milligram per Deciliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of area used predominantly in nuclear physics, equal to 10E-28 square meter, or 100 square femtometers.

(Barn, NCI Thesaurus)