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Webster 1913 Edition
Thousandth
Thou′sandth
,Adj.
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 thing2.
Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
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
timeThou′sandth
,Noun.
The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thousandth
THOU'SANDTH
,Adj.
THOU'SANDTH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
thousandth
thousandth
English
Adjective
thousandth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number one thousand.
Abbreviations
1000th, 1000th (also written with a comma following the 1 or, in technical usage, with a thin space following the 1)
Translations
ordinal form of 1000
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Noun
thousandth (plural thousandths)
- (singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
- One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XIV:
- "Ah, Alan," murmured Dorian with a sigh, "I wish you had a thousandth part of the pity for me that I have for you."
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XIV:
See also
- one-thousandth
Translations
the person or thing in the thousandth position
one of a thousand equal parts of a whole
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