two-hundredth
nounEtymology From two hundred + -th.
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One of two hundred equal parts of a whole.
- On any given day, there are only about 500-600 prisoners in involuntary solitary confinement in Canada (of whom about 10 are women) — about one two-hundredth of the corresponding U.S. figure.2013 March 21, Jonathan Kay, “Jonathan Kay: America's inhumane prisons are where conservative hypocrisies come home to roost”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2025:
- I do laugh a little bit when people are like, ‘Oh my God, they’re forcing it on me.’ You know, it’s taking up about one two-hundredth of the screen.2017 April 23, Dan Steinberg, quoting Phil Orlins, “Why ESPN uses those in-game win probability stats that drive some baseball fans nuts”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2017:
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- The data connection for their support unit had been slowed to about one two-hundredth of the speed it had previously enjoyed.2018 August 22, Matt Stevens, “Verizon Throttled California Firefighters’ Internet Speeds Amid Blaze (They Were Out of Data)”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2018: