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hundredth

hundredth

18 1.0
Number one hundred in a series
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌndrədθ/
: centésimo
  • "But I really think you should call Alice," he said for the hundredth time.
  • hundredth anniversary
  • hundredth birthday
  • hundredth time

Examples

Synonyms

100th
vshundredth
38 1.0

The position after ninety-ninth in a list

is the same meaning but written in words rather than numerals

Compounds

One of one hundred equal parts written as 1/100

In the position number 300 or one of 300 equal parts

A number that comes after three hundred ninety-nine in a list

The number showing the position five hundred in a list

Number two hundred in a list

How High

billionth
3 4.4
millionth
17 2.1
thousandth
9 2.1
hundredth
18 1.0
tenth
108 1.0
first
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hundredth positive

Morphology

hundredth = hundred (transparent) = hundred + th

Standard ordinal adjective formation from 'hundred' with the suffix '-th', yielding the adjectival meaning 'constituting number one hundred'.

Etymology

Hundredth is formed from hundred ('ten times ten') plus the ending -th that makes ordinal forms. So it means 'number one hundred in order', used to say something is the 100th or about the 100th.