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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The coating was approximately 10 nanometers thick, equivalent to only a few thousandths of the thickness of a human hair.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
That yielded speed improvements measured in milliseconds—or thousandths of a second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Timekeepers say they found a clear view for the 100 and checked below each image for an exact time down to the thousandths of a second.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
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
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
