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  1. "centennial" vs. "centurial" - describing periods of 100 years

    Apr 26, 2023 · relating to 100 years : marking or beginning a century, with the example "the centurial years 1600 and 1700". But there is a word that is widely used to indicate the range of …

  2. Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%? [closed]

    People often say that percentages greater than 100 make no sense because you can't have more than all of something. This is simply silly and mathematically ignorant. A percentage is just a …

  3. "a 100" vs "100" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 24, 2016 · The flow rate increases 100-fold (one hundred-fold) Would be a more idiomatic way of saying this, however, the questioner asks specifically about the original phrasing. The …

  4. Hypernym for numbers like 10, 100, 1,000, and so on

    Feb 15, 2018 · What is an umbrella term for numbers like 10, 100, 1000, 100000 etc?

  5. The meaning of 0% and 100% as opposed to other percentages?

    Aug 29, 2015 · If soap A kills 100% and soap B kills 99.99% of bacteria, the remaining amount of bacteria after applying A (0%) is infinitely smaller than the remaining amount of bacteria after …

  6. Is It Ok To Write "100%" In A Formal Text? - English Language

    Jun 17, 2014 · The statistical-sounding expression is no problem, but if you want to be formal in register, as your headline indicates, you should probably spell it out as “one hundred …

  7. How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?

    Jun 23, 2015 · 37 Wikipedia lists large scale numbers here. As only the 10 x with x being a multiple of 3 get their own names, you read 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 as 100 * 10 18, so …

  8. phrase usage - Is "100% correct pronunciation" an understandable ...

    Jul 19, 2021 · If I put "100% correct pronunciation" in the following sentence, is it understandable and correct? "100%" is what I would like to emphasize. If it is not right, how should it be

  9. When did "a buck" start being used to mean any unit of 100? (E.g.

    Sep 18, 2018 · I wouldn't be at all surprised if using buck to mean "one hundred" in a general sense that is applicable to various units of measure (such as "100 miles per hour" in your …

  10. Numbers with more than 100 zeros - English Language Learners …

    Nov 10, 2020 · Numbers with more than 100 zeros Ask Question Asked 5 years, 3 months ago Modified 5 years, 3 months ago