Something divided into 100 parts; a collection of 100 items or sections.
From Greek 'hecaton' (hundred) + 'tome' (cut, division). Related to words like 'anatomy' (cutting the body) and 'dichotomy' (cutting into two), but specifically referring to cutting or dividing into 100 pieces.
The '-tome' suffix appears in 'tome' (book) because books are divided into sections—and 'anatomy' literally means 'cutting up' to see the parts, so 'hecatontome' means something sliced into exactly 100 sections.
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