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Definition of Hundredth

1. Adjective. The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order.

2. Noun. Position 100 in a countable series of things.

3. Noun. One part in a hundred equal parts.

Definition of Hundredth

1. a. Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.

2. n. One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.

Definition of Hundredth

1. Adjective. The ordinal form of the number one hundred. ¹

2. Noun. The person or thing in the hundredth position. ¹

3. Noun. One of a hundred equal parts of a whole. Called also percent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hundredth

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hundredth

hundred-and-twentieth hundred-and-twenty-fifth hundred-first hundred-percenter hundred-year storm hundred-year storms hundred and one hundred dollar bill hundred thousand hundredaire

hundredal hundredfold hundredfolds hundreds hundreds and thousands hundredth (current term) hundredthly hundredths hundredweight hundredweights

hundy hung about hung around hung beef hung by a thread hung juries hung jury

Literary usage of Hundredth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Our Own Times by Justin McCarthy (1884)
"THE hundredth ANNIVERSARY OP PLASSEY. THE news of the outbreak at Meerut, ... There had long been a prophecy known to India that the hundredth anniversary ..."

2. A History of Our Own Times: From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the by Justin McCarthy (1898)
"THE hundredth ANNIVERSARY OF PLASSEY. THE news of the outbreak at Meerut, ... There had long been a prophecy known to India that the hundredth anniversary ..."

3. Journal by Detroit (Mich.). City Council, World Energy Council, South Carolina Colony Council (1880)
"(1). as now fenced, and running thence north twenty-six i2(i> degrees east six and eighty-four hundredth* Hi H4 100) feet; thence north twenty six ..."

4. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1884)
"A large congregation filled the church on the observance of the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Luther. The meeting was opened with prayer by the ..."

5. The Christian Examiner (1840)
"IV.—1. A Historical Discourse delivered by request before the Citizens of New Haven, April 25,1838. The two hundredth anniversary of the first settlement of ..."

6. Magna Carta: And Other Addresses by William Dameron Guthrie (1916)
"Address before the Constitutional Convention of the state of New York at its celebration of the seven-hundredth anniversary of .Magna Carta, Albany, June,. ..."

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