millesimal

American  

[mi-les-uh-muhl] / mɪˈlɛs ə məl /

adjective

1. thousandth.

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noun

1. a thousandth part.

millesimal British  

/ mɪˈlɛsɪməl /

adjective

1. 1. denoting a thousandth

   2. ( as noun )

      a millesimal

2. of, consisting of, or relating to a thousandth

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Other Word Forms

• millesimally adverb

Etymology

Origin of millesimal

1710–20; < Latin millēsim ( us ) thousandth ( mille thousand + -ēsimus ordinal suffix) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Millesimal, mil-les′im-al, adj. thousandth: consisting of thousandth parts.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

In estimating the value of the indications of this hygrometer, it should be borne in mind that the scale adopted by Leslie was millesimal, that is to say, from the freezing to the boiling-point of water was divided into a thousand parts; ten millesimal degrees are therefore equal to one of the scale of Celsius.

From Project Gutenberg

Sir John Leslie says:—“Under a clear blue sky, the æthrioscope will sometimes indicate a cold of fifty millesimal degrees; yet, on other days, when the air seems equally bright, the effect is hardly 30°.”

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: millennium, millennial, chiliad, chiliasm, chiliarchy, chiliarch, chiliast, millenary, millesimal. thrash, v. thresh. thread, n. filament, fibre, stamen, staple, pile, raveling, lint, warp, woof, thrum.--v. thrid. threadbare, a. napless, pileworn, seedy, trite, hackneyed. threat, n. menace, threatening, commination, fulmination, intimidation. threaten, v. menace; augur, forebode, portend; impend, be imminent. threatening, a. imminent, ominous, impending, minatory, fulminating. three, n. trio, trinity, triad, ternary, ternion; triplets.

From Project Gutenberg

Adj. quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite; quinqevalent, pentavalent; quinquarticular†; octifid†; decimal, tenth, tithe; duodecimal, twelfth; sexagesimal†, sexagenary†; hundredth, centesimal; millesimal &c.

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