1. plural of hundredth; parts that are each one of one hundred equal divisions of something

Examples

• The runner’s time was measured to the hundredths of a second.
• She calculated the answer to three decimal places, including the hundredths.
• The measurement was accurate to the hundredths of an inch.
• In the decimal 0.47, the 7 is in the hundredths place.
• The difference between the two scores was only a few hundredths of a point.
• Scientists recorded temperatures to the hundredths of a degree.