one-hundredth
3
1.6
- noun
- /wʌn ˈhʌndrədθ/
:
centésima
- I think a closer estimate would be one-hundredth of one percent.
- less than one-hundredth
Examples
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For example, on the joint and several liability issue, Representative James Florio explained in April 1985 that "where it appears to be fairly clear that one can demonstrate that one did contribute one barrel out of the hundred, one is only going to be responsible for one-hundredth of the cost."
Academic text (1990) -
A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.
Blog text (21) -
For the top one hundredth of 1 percent, the average income is now $27 million per year.
Blog text (7) -
The pieces were later appraised to be worth about one-hundredth of what he paid.
Blog text (31) -
She added that "federal investment in public broadcasting equals about one one-hundredth of one percent of the federal budget."
Blog text (8) -
Levin estimates that since the project began, less than one-hundredth of one percent of the total survey (all directions, all frequencies) has been completed.
Academic text (1993) -
Johannes Kepler thought the Solar System was around six times smaller than we now estimate it to be, while Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy's estimate was only one-hundredth of its real size.
Academic text (2004) -
On April 12, 1989, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the second Cherokee Female Seminary building.
Academic text (1991) -
Despite the emergence of China as a global economic power—it now has the fourth-largest GDP in the world—it is still a developing country, ranking only one-hundredth in the world in per capita GDP.
Academic text (2008) -
One basis point is equal to one-hundredth of a percentage point.
Synonyms
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1.0
One part out of every hundred parts
7
1.0
One of one hundred equal parts of something
How Large
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1.0
18
1.0
3
1.6
1
3.6
1
7.9
1
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
One-hundredth comes from one, hundred, and the ending -th, which shows a 'part' or a 'position'. So a one-hundredth means 'one part of a hundred', that is 1/100, the same idea as one percent or a centimeter being one-hundredth of a meter.