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English
Adjective
one-hundredth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
- Synonym: hundredth
1877, W. E. Arthur, “The American Age Contrasted”, in Frederick Saunders, editor, Our National Centennial Jubilee. Orations, Addresses and Poems Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1876. In the Several States of the Union., New York, N.Y.: E. B. Treat, , page 522:The recurrence of this anniversary, for the one-hundredth time, rouses the memory and enforces the example.
2006, Judy C. Andrews, An Ocean of Jewels, The Harlem Writers Guild Press, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 190:He had said, “Sorry,” for the one-hundredth time for the whiskey shower. But something about the one-hundredth time mixed with the softness of his voice, the insincerity behind it and the memory of a lighter dancing around my face, and rape, made me so angry that I threw the bottle of champagne, roses, and perfume out of my living room window.
2007, Brant A[nderson] Gardner, “4 Nephi Part 2: Commentary”, in Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, volume 6 (Fourth Nephi through Moroni), Draper, Ut.: Greg Kofford Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 27:The one-hundredth year corresponds to a.d. 96.
Noun
one-hundredth (plural one-hundredths)
- The hundredth part of the number one, represented by the second decimal digit in a percentage.
- ten and two one-hundredths percent = 10.02%
- one one-hundredth of a percent = 0.01%