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hautoru

1. (verb) (-tia) to divide into a third.

Hautorutia te tekau mā rua, ka whā. / Divide twelve by three and it's four.

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2. (noun) third (proportion).

E toru ngā wāhanga ōrite o te porowhita, nō reira ko te hautoru te hautau (TRP 2010:114). / There are three equal parts of a circle, therefore a third is the fraction.

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