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Dictionary: hun·dredth   (hŭn'drĭdth) pronunciation
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n.
  1. The ordinal number matching the number 100 in a series.
  2. One of 100 equal parts.
hundredth hun'dredth adj.

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IN BRIEF: Coming after ninety-nine others. Also: One of 100 equal parts of something.

pronunciation I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: position 100 in a countable series of things

Meaning #2: one part in a hundred
  Synonyms: one-hundredth, one percent

The adjective hundredth has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order
  Synonyms: centesimal, 100th

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In arithmetic, a hundredth is one part of a unit or one divided equally into one hundred parts. A hundredth is the reciprocal of one hundred. 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, being occurrence number one hundred, following ninety-ninth and preceding hundred and first. The ordinal number hundredth is written 100th.

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