thousandth

[thou-zuhndth, -zuhntth, -zuhnth]

adjective

1. last in order of a series of a thousand.

2. being one of a thousand equal parts.

noun

1. a thousandth part, especially of one (1/1000).

2. the thousandth member of a series.

3. Also thousandth's place (in decimal notation) the position of the third digit to the right of the decimal point.

ˈthousandth

/ ˈθaʊzənθ /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal)

   1. being the ordinal number of 1000 in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc

   2. ( as noun )

      the thousandth in succession

noun

1. 1. one of 1000 approximately equal parts of something

   2. ( as modifier )

      a thousandth part

2. one of 1000 equal divisions of a particular scientific quantity

   millivolt

3. the fraction equal to one divided by 1000 ( 1/ 1000 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of thousandth¹

First recorded in 1545–55; thousand + -th ²

Example Sentences

That starts the ten thousandth argument between Autumn and her parents about whether the dad jokes are discouraging her friends from coming to visit her.

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The two British athletes crossed the line together in four minutes 08.45 seconds, but it was Walcott-Nolan who was awarded her first international medal by one thousandth of a second.

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"It can see things on the scale of a few thousandths of a millimetre," explained Adrian Mancuso, director of physical sciences at Diamond.

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He was gifted with a superhuman taste sensitivity: He could easily distinguish a flavor at one ten thousandth of a gram in a fifteen ton batch.

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The show, a staple of the WWE’s TV schedule, has been three hours long since its thousandth episode aired in July 2012.

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