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 

• ONE-EIGHTH (noun)

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)