Thousandth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Thousandth is an adjective meaning The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
Meaning
The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
More Meanings
- (singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
- One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
Example Sentences
“Ah, Alan,” murmured Dorian, with a sigh, “I wish you had a thousandth part of the pity for me that I have for you.”
We humans are so stuck in the middle of the cosmic scales — in average height, one-hundredth of one-septillionth (10^-24) the size of the observable universe, and with typical life spans of a couple octillion attoseconds. And an attosecond is an eternity compared with the lifetime of the elusive Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that exists for one-thousandth of an attosecond before decaying.
Word Forms
- thousandths
Synonyms for thousandth
Depending on context, synonyms include ordinal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ordinal, hundredth, umpteenth, palace, milestone, hundred-thousandth.
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