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It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia.
Henry Lawson

Meaning of "hundredth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUNDREDTH

hundredth  [ˈhʌndrədθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUNDREDTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hundredth can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HUNDREDTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hundredth

In arithmetic, a hundredth is a single part of something that has been divided equally into a hundred parts. For example, a hundredth of 675 is 6.75. A hundredth is the reciprocal of 100. A hundredth is written as a decimal fraction as 0.01, and as a vulgar fraction as 1/100. “Hundredth” is also the ordinal number that follows “ninety-ninth” and precedes “hundred and first.” It is written as 100th. Hundredth may also refer to a melodic hardcore band from South Carolina.

Definition of hundredth in the English dictionary

The first definition of hundredth in the dictionary is being the ordinal number of 100 in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc. Other definition of hundredth is one of 100 approximately equal parts of something. Hundredth is also one of 100 equal divisions of a particular scientific quantity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUNDREDTH


myriadth
ˈmɪrɪədθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUNDREDTH

hunched
hundred
hundred days
Hundred Years´ War
hundred-percenter
hundred-percentism
hundred-year-old
hundreder
hundredfold
hundreds
hundreds and thousands
hundredweight
hung
Hung Hsiu-ch´uan
hung jury
hung over
hung parliament
hung up
hung up on

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUNDREDTH

bandwidth
breadth
fingerbreadth
finger´s breadth
footbreadth
hair´s breadth
hair´s-breadth
handbreadth
hand´s-breadth
set width
thousandth
width

Synonyms and antonyms of hundredth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hundredth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUNDREDTH

Find out the translation of hundredth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hundredth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hundredth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第一百个的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centésimo
570 millions of speakers

English

hundredth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सौवां
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مائة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сотая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centésimo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শততম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centième
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ratus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hundertste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

100番目の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

100번째의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seratus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thứ một trăm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நூறாவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शंभरावा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüzüncü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centesimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

setna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sutime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκατοστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

honderdste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hundradel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hundredel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hundredth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNDREDTH»

The term «hundredth» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.185 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNDREDTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hundredth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hundredth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hundredth

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8 QUOTES WITH «HUNDREDTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hundredth.
1
Felix Adler
Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
2
Brittany Bowe
I don't even know if you can blink in a hundredth of a second, and that's what it comes down to in speed skating.
3
Bill Bryson
We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb.
4
Bertie Carvel
Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive, and the challenge for us adults is to keep that going in ourselves when we're doing it for the fiftieth or the hundredth time. To my delight and amazement, it hasn't gone stale - we discover it freshly every time.
5
Robert Doisneau
A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.
6
Helen Hunt Jackson
If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful.
7
Osama bin Laden
America is a great power possessed of tremendous military might and a wide-ranging economy, but all this is built on an unstable foundation which can be targeted, with special attention to its obvious weak spots. If America is hit in one hundredth of these weak spots, God willing, it will stumble, wither away and relinquish world leadership.
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Henry Lawson
It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUNDREDTH»

Discover the use of hundredth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hundredth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the ...
In this book Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American ...
Wallace Stegner, 1992
2
The Hundredth Chance
Most of her stories are ones of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. The Hundredth Chance begins: My dear Maud, I hope I am not lacking in proper pride.
Ethel M. Dell, 2004
3
The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline
When their mother starts to date the mystery man on the fifth floor, who has been instructed by his agent to "eliminate the children" by the first of May, eleven-year-old Caroline and her older brother figure they're targeted to be the ...
Lois Lowry, 1983
4
The Hundredth Name
Salah, a boy living in Egypt, wants to lift his camel's sadness, so he prays that the camel will learn Allah's hundredth name, which is unknown to man.
Shulamith Levey Oppenheim, Michael Hays, 1997
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The Hundredth Man
Jack Kerley. The procedure was under way as I entered, Ava Davanelle bent low over Deschamps's groin, speaking the inscription into the air for the recording system. She knew one of the things I needed to see and nodded at a table against ...
Jack Kerley, 2005
6
The Hundredth monkey: and other paradigms of the paranormal
Features fifty-eight essays from the Skeptical inquirer magazine by Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Martin Gardner, Susan Blackmore, and others
Kendrick Frazier, 1991
7
The One Hundredth Day Of School!
Freddy decides to bake one hundred cookies for the one hundredth day of school celebration, but his father accidentally eats one and then Freddy has to come up with another idea at the last minute.
Abby Klein, 2008
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Oz: The Hundredth Anniversary Celebration
In honor of the book's hundredth anniversary, thirty award-winning children's writers and artists express the influence that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had on them. 50,000 first printing.
Peter Glassman, 2000
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Report upon United States Geographical surveys west of the ...
Aonnal Report upon the Geographical Surreys west of the one hundredth meridian, in California Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, and Montana, being Appendix J J of the Addti.iI Report of the Chief of Engineers for ...
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), George Montague Wheeler, Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, 1889
10
Ready, Freddy! #13: The One Hundredth Day of School!
With more than one million copies sold, this series is a huge Scholastic Book Clubs success. Klein presents a diverse community of 1st graders facing real issues that matter to this age group.
Abby Klein, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUNDREDTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hundredth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Republicans Slam EPA Chief Over Global Warming Rule | The Daily …
Smith: “Do you consider one one-hundredth of a degree to be enormously beneficial?” McCarthy: “The value of this rule is not measured in that ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
2
Climate Change Policy Won't Change Global Temperatures - US …
... with no actual reduction by the Chinese; this additional cut in U.S. emissions gets us another temperature reduction of one one-hundredth of ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
3
What Is a PIP? -- The Motley Fool
... are traded at 1/100th of a percentage point, so a pip is when the difference between two currencies moves that one-hundredth of 1%. If you're ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»
4
On Delmarva, youth will be served. With a ticket - DelmarvaNow.com
Percentages are rounded to the nearest hundredth place. The Crisfield Police Department and college agencies are not included. Percentages ... «Delmarva Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee starts taking care of Muslims 10 …
... use the online system to get scholarship money," the chief minister told officials during her hundredth administrative meeting held at Burdwan ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
6
Boys swimmer of the year - Arizona Daily Star
The quartet missed the all-level record by one one-hundredth of a second. The Foothills boys claimed their ninth straight team state crown, ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
7
Younis Khan Says he Won't Retire Before Winning in Australia …
The 37-year-old played his hundredth Test on the tour of Sri Lanka earlier this month and struck a brilliant 171 not out in Pakistan's run chase of ... «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»
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Music this week - The Frederick News-Post : Event Preview
... Hundredth, I Killed The Prom Queen, Mallory Knox, Our Last Night, Senses Fail, Silverstein, The Amity Affliction, While She Sleeps, Icon For ... «Frederick News Post, Jul 15»
9
Brazil's GOL to Launch New Livery - Airways News
Brazilian carrier GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes has unveiled a new livery during a event that also marked the arrival of its hundredth Boeing ... «Airways News, Jul 15»
10
Dodgers midseason report: Grandal, Gonzalez have sparked L.A. to …
... position once Yasiel Puig was healthy. He could become trade bait (for the hundredth time) after Carl Crawford returns from the disabled list. «LA Daily News, Jul 15»

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