The smallest are only about one-fiftieth of an inch in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The bee mite is very small, not more than one-fiftieth of an inch long. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883] Reference
The difference from just intonation is about one-fiftieth of a semi-tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
Is she worth no more to you than less than one-fiftieth of one per cent of all you own?. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
There he had an establishment a man with one-fiftieth of his fortune would have felt like apologizing for. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
“The average sixty-five-year-old person is about one-fiftieth as likely to be arrested as the average teenager.”. From Wordnik.com. [Why Aren’t There More Old Criminals? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Out of all of the people who are really into horror films, I guarantee you that only one-fiftieth of them have seen it. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Review: Quarantine] Reference
The time of the shifting was about one-tenth of that allowed for exposure, so that the actual time of exposure was about the one-fiftieth of a second. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
It needs about one-fiftieth of the semiconductor materials. From Wordnik.com. [ZDNet News - News Page One] Reference
Mr. Winslow excelled Mr. Graham by only one-fiftieth of a point. From Wordnik.com. [History of the University of North Carolina. Volume II: From 1868 to 1912] Reference
Of the vintage and oil and grain they received about one-fiftieth. From Wordnik.com. [The Makers and Teachers of Judaism] Reference
Apparently only one-fiftieth of the members of the Labour party are. From Wordnik.com. [British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals] Reference
This expansion varies between one-fiftieth and one-twelfth of an inch. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The eye cannot discern intervals of less than one-fiftieth of a second. From Wordnik.com. [Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance] Reference
He found this angle to represent 7o 12 ', or one-fiftieth of the circle. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science] Reference
"I'm dealing with probably one-fiftieth of 1 percent of the buying public.". From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
"I'm dealing with probably one-fiftieth of one percent of the buying public.". From Wordnik.com. [TomDispatch] Reference
Their length is about one-tenth of an inch, their diameter about one-fiftieth. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Arizona, with one-fiftieth of the nation's population, has about one-third of its. From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - Hit & Run] Reference
But the skater rests his weight, in fact, upon an area of one-fiftieth of an inch. From Wordnik.com. [The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays] Reference
Spend one-fiftieth as much air time on things that kill many more people than tornadoes. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The mirror was too flat on one edge by one-fiftieth of the width of a single human hair. From Wordnik.com. [Central Florida News 13 - Latest Headlines] Reference
That is, less than one-fiftieth of the white people own one-half of the property in slaves. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy] Reference
The share of the crew of a whaling vessel was one-fiftieth of the value of the oil and bone. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned] Reference
The moon's magnetic field was probably about one-fiftieth as strong as Earth's current field. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
The experimental antennas are as small as one-fiftieth of a wavelength and could shrink further. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
Intel claims Moorestown uses one-fiftieth the idle power of its predecessor, the Menlow platform. From Wordnik.com. [Computerworld News] Reference
Snake-bite is one of the rarest of all accidents and not one-fiftieth as dangerous as usually believed. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Health] Reference
Rashi's source is the Mekhilta, which also has the views that one-fiftieth and one-five hundredth left Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Hirhurim - Musings] Reference
In Walsall, it was testified that, of the letters to the neighboring towns, not one-fiftieth were sent by mail. From Wordnik.com. [Cheap Postage] Reference
So if the two cities are seven degrees apart, that would constitute seven-360ths of the full circle -- about one-fiftieth. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
Council, said: "The quantity of liquor now sold is not one-fiftieth part as much as it was before the enactment of the law.". From Wordnik.com. [Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink] Reference
The moon is one-fourth the diameter of the earth, about one-fiftieth of the bulk, and is about a quarter of a million miles away. From Wordnik.com. [Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts] Reference
The outer edge of the mirror was ground too flat by a depth of 2.2 microns, roughly equal to one-fiftieth the thickness of a human hair. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
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