hundredth
Americanadjective
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next after the ninety-ninth; being the ordinal number for 100.
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being one of 100 equal parts.
noun
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hundredths
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a hundredth part, especially of one (1/100).
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the hundredth member of a series.
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Also called hundredth's place. (in decimal notation) the position of the second digit to the right of the decimal point.
adjective
noun
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one of 100 approximately equal parts of something
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( as modifier )
a hundredth part
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one of 100 equal divisions of a particular scientific quantity
centimetre
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the fraction equal to one divided by 100 ( 1/ 100 )
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Etymology
Origin of hundredth
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So after reading what felt like the hundredth article declaring that my generation had abandoned alcohol, nightlife and socializing altogether, I started wondering whether I was missing something.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The metallic nanoparticles in Vienna achieved this benchmark in only about one hundredth of a second.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
"I am going to be the one hundredth woman to walk on the Moon in my auntie's living room," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
The other is that, as long as fund companies are vying for every extra hundredth of a percentage point of return, investors will end up winners.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
A story I will remember long after I’ve read it for the second, third, tenth, hundredth time.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
Servite won the first heat in the boys 4x100 relay in 40.29 — two hundredths off its winning time at last year’s state finals — and is primed to defend its title in the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 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
The Olympics are an incredible showcase but also a pinhole sample—a once-every-four-years event in which glory and disaster can come down to hundredths of seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
While Singapore-based Sharpa already offers a convincing humanoid table tennis robot with a reaction time of just two hundredths of a second, there is no equivalent on the market for tennis.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 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
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