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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 parts
Familiarity information: ONE-HUNDREDTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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