One-eighth

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fraction that represents the real number 0.125; ⅛. uncountable

    "Blood quantum rules — which began as a colonizer practice designed to limit tribal citizenship but were later adopted by some Native peoples as a means of preserving cultural identity — require the tribe’s members to be at least one-eighth S’Klallam and to have at least one full-blooded S’Klallam ancestor."

  2. 2
    one part in eight equal parts wordnet

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"The population of Japan is one-eighth as that of China."

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