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three-hundredth

three-hundredth

2.5
In the position number 300 or one of 300 equal parts
  • adjective
  • /θriː ˈhʌndrədθ/
translation icon : tricentésimo
  • Only one three-hundredth of the sample was contaminated.

Examples

  • This is the three-hundredth anniversary of the city's founding.

  • This is the three-hundredth time I've asked you.

  • He finished in three-hundredth place out of a thousand runners.

  • He finished in three-hundredth place in the marathon.

  • The three-hundredth page of the book contained the most important information.

  • This year marks the three-hundredth anniversary of our town's founding.

  • She finished in three-hundredth place in the marathon, but she was proud of her effort.

Synonyms

300th
vsthree-hundredth
4 1.0

The number that comes after 299 when you count

also denotes one equal part when a whole is split into that many pieces

How Late

thousandth
1 2.1
three-hundredth
2.5
hundredth
7 1.0
tenth
100 1.0
first
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

three-hundredth positive

Morphology

three-hundredth = three hundred (transparent) = three + hundred + th

Formed by adding the standard ordinal suffix '-th' to the cardinal 'three hundred', producing the ordinal '300th' with an expected numeric meaning.

Etymology

Three-hundredth is simply the number words three and hundred with the ending -th, where -th means 'in order' or 'position'. So three-hundredth means the item in place number 300 or one of 300 equal parts.