millesimal

[ mi-les-uh-muh l ]

/ mɪˈlɛs ə məl /

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adjective

noun

Nearby words

millerand, alexandre, millerbird, millerite, milles, milles, carl, millesimal, millet, millet, francis davis, millet, jean françois, millett, millhouse

Origin of millesimal

1710–20; < Latin millēsim(us) thousandth (mille thousand + -ēsimus ordinal suffix) + -al¹

Related forms

mil·les·i·mal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for millesimal

Millesimal, mil-les′im-al, adj. thousandth: consisting of thousandth parts.
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British Dictionary definitions for millesimal

millesimal

/ (mɪˈlɛsɪməl) /

adjective

denoting a thousandth
(as noun)a millesimal

of, consisting of, or relating to a thousandth

Word Origin for millesimal

C18: from Latin mīllēsimus

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