millionth

[ mil-yuhnth ]

adjective

1. coming last in a series of a million.
2. being one of a million equal parts.

noun

1. the millionth member of a series.
2. a millionth part, especially of one (1/1,000,000).

millionth

/ ˈmɪljənθ /

noun

1. 1. one of 1 000 000 approximately equal parts of something
   2. ( as modifier )

      a millionth part

2. one of 1 000 000 equal divisions of a particular scientific quantity micro-
3. the fraction equal to one divided by 1 000 000

adjective

1. usually prenominal
   1. being the ordinal number of 1 000 000 in numbering or counting order, etc
   2. ( as noun )

      the millionth to be manufactured

Word History and Origins

Origin of millionth¹

First recorded in 1665–75; million + -th ²

Example Sentences

And a milestone: we may have prevented the one millionth baby from being infected with HIV.

From The Daily Beast

The one-millionth phone recycled with an ecoATM was processed in April.

From The Daily Beast

In July, 2012, he awarded a house to his three-millionth Twitter follower.

From The Daily Beast

For the millionth time the picture served to show how mesmerizingly crisp Obama always looks.

From The Daily Beast

And then I thought for the millionth time what an awful mistake it is to be fastidious.

From Project Gutenberg

The ninety-five millionth mile waits on us silently, at the doorways of our souls night and day, and we wait on It.

From Project Gutenberg

This calculation took about one-millionth of a second, and I plunged for the gate, "like a pawing horse let go."

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Rockefeller does not use the oil-wells he owns, nor a hundred-millionth part of the coal his shares in coal-mines represent.

From Project Gutenberg

They will make a good man, but they will not make a good painter,—no, nor the millionth part of a painter.

From Project Gutenberg