thousandth
adjective
last in order of a series of a thousand.
thousandths
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pluralof thousandth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That yielded speed improvements measured in milliseconds—or thousandths of a second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
"It can see things on the scale of a few thousandths of a millimetre," explained Adrian Mancuso, director of physical sciences at Diamond.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Because of the simplicity of the 128-bit microchip, the robot runs on a mere 75 nanowatts—a couple thousandths as much power as is consumed by a modern pacemaker.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 7, 2024
First discovered in 2007, these bursts can travel billions of light years but typically last mere thousandths of a second.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023
Over the next eighteen months, this indefatigable machine would produce two thousandths of a gram of plutonium, a quantity about the size of a grain of salt.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
