hundredth

USHUN-dredth/ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/

3 meanings of hundredth

1
adjective
Coming after ninety-nine others in a sequence, and corresponding to the number one hundred in order.
The town marked its hundredth anniversary with a weekend-long parade.
He was the hundredth applicant interviewed for the single open position.
2
nouncountable
One part out of a hundred equal parts into which a whole is divided.
A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter.
Sprinters are often separated by mere hundredths of a second at the finish line.
3
nouncountable
The person or thing occupying the hundredth position in a sequence or ranking.
She was the hundredth to submit an entry, just missing the early cutoff.
Among the marathon finishers, he placed as the hundredth overall.

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Origin

This word comes from Middle English 'hundred', formed and reshaped from 'hundred' plus the ordinal suffix '-th'. The Old English term was 'hundtēontigoþa'.