Thousandth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thousandth \Thou"sandth\, n.
     The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a
     thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Thousandth \Thou"sandth\, a.
     1. Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming
        last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the
        ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.
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     2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into
        which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
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     3. Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very
        great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically;
        as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thousandth
       adj : the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order [syn: {1000th}]
       n 1: position 1,000 in a countable series of things
       2: one part in a thousand [syn: {one-thousandth}]