adj
adv
Freq #69461
Meanings
-
1
adj
one hundred times as great or as numerous
The new sensor provided a hundredfold increase in measurement precision.
-
2
adv
by a factor of one hundred
The colony's population grew hundredfold over several generations.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
adv
· by a factor of one hundred
a hundred times
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English hundredfold, a compound of hundred + -fold. The multiplicative suffix descends from Old English -feald and indicates how many times a quantity has been multiplied, as in twofold and tenfold.