hundredth
hundredth
Definition
hun·dredth (hun′drədt̸h-)
adjective
- preceded by ninety-nine others in a series; 100th
- designating any of the hundred equal parts of something
noun
- the one following the ninety-ninth
- any of the hundred equal parts of something;
adverb
in the hundredth place, rank, group, etc.
hundredth
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- millimeter: Right: seen under the microscope, the tiny pores ( each about 2 hundredths of a millimeter across ) become visible.
- second: These events take no more than one hundredth of a second to unfold.
- percent: According to the American Plastics Council, in 1995, less than less than 2 hundredths of a percent was recycled.
- unit: The dual-level LCD shows the pH value from 0 to 14 in hundredths of units.
- day: The Julian calendar ( rectified in 1752 ) made the year 11 minutes 14 seconds too long, roughly a hundredth of a day.
- millimeter: SECM uses a very small electrode of diameter about one hundredth of a millimeter located very closely to the surface of a mitochondrion.
Converse of object
- shave: Steve's team modeled the aerodynamics of Kristan's equipment to help'Dr Ice ' shave crucial hundredths of a second off his times.
Adjective modifier
- few: If Andretti had driven a few hundredths of a second faster and got pole he would have been scuppered.
- more: Another lap, a few more hundredths shaved off, and Moore's work was done.
Modifies a noun
- anniversary: On 28 June 1889, the five hundredth anniversary of the battle, 30,000 pilgrims came to pay homage.
- birthday: He died at Bideford two months short of his hundredth birthday.
- monkey: Let's further suppose that later that evening the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes.. .
- part: There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be.
- time: Instead of slamming down the phone, girl, for the hundredth time.
- year: Thomas Rooke died on the 27 th of July 1942 in his hundredth year.
hundredth Quotes
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
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