one-third
Noun
One of three equals parts (1/3, ⅓, 0.333…).
Usage- Uncountable
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Gilgamesh is himself a man, two-thirds god, one-third mortal.
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There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways.
Noun
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
Word forms
one third