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ONE-HUNDREDTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-hundredth mean? 

ONE-HUNDREDTH (noun)
  The noun ONE-HUNDREDTH has 1 sense:

1. one part in a hundred equal partsplay

  Familiarity information: ONE-HUNDREDTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ONE-HUNDREDTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One part in a hundred equal parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

hundredth; one-hundredth; one percent

Hypernyms ("one-hundredth" is a kind of...):

common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)


 Context examples 


Any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total.

(Percentile, NCI Thesaurus)



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