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ONE-EIGHTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one-eighth mean?
• ONE-EIGHTH (noun)
The noun ONE-EIGHTH has 1 sense:
1. one part in eight equal parts
Familiarity information: ONE-EIGHTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One part in eight equal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
eighth; one-eighth
Hypernyms ("one-eighth" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Context examples
A measure of weight (one-sixteenth pound) and volume (one-eighth cup).
(Ounce, NCI Dictionary)
The moon is unusually massive compared to its planet, about one-eighth of Pluto's mass, a solar system record.
(Cracks in Pluto's moon could indicate it once had an underground ocean, NASA)
Today, measurements by Earth-based telescopes indicate the oval that Juno flew over has diminished in width by one-third and height by one-eighth since Voyager times.
(NASA's Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, NASA)
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