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one-thousandth

one-thousandth

1 3.6
One of a thousand equal parts of something
  • noun
  • /wʌn ˈθaʊzəndθ/
translation icon : milésima
  • They just had a anniversary where they celebrated their one thousandth study that was done at Team XA.
  • one-thousandth of a second
  • one-thousandth of an inch
  • one-thousandth of a millimeter

Examples

  • Israel comprises one-thousandth of the vast Middle Eastern land.

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  • A right allows its holder to buy one one-thousandth of a share of a new class of preferred stock at $350 per right.

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  • Like one thousandth percent of that.

  • So James Carter, the host of that, just reached his one thousandth episode.

  • G: So, two one-thousandths of a cent.

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  • The trip made me realise for the one thousandth time how much happier I am when I'm not on my phone.

  • Six one-thousandths of a percent is hardly a drastic alteration.

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  • The shortest day in the past 100 years was August 2, 2001, when the length of time that it took Earth to make one complete turn on its axis actually dipped below 24 hours by about one-thousandth of a second.

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  • The EEG has a resolution in the millisecond (one-thousandth of a second) range, but all other functional technologies (fMRI or PET) have temporal resolutions on the order of tens of seconds.

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  • A milliliter is one-thousandth of a liter, which is a common measurement in cooking.

Synonyms

thousandth
vsone-thousandth
5 2.3

One of a thousand equal parts of something

is the same meaning but differs only as a variant form
1000th
vsone-thousandth
1 1.0

The position after nine hundred ninety-nine in a list

also denotes the fractional part when dividing something into one thousand parts

How Large

one-half
61 1.0
one-tenth
18 1.0
one-thousandth
1 3.6

Surface Forms

one-thousandth singular
one-thousandths plural

Morphology

one-thousandth = one + thousand (transparent) = one + thousand + th

The ordinal suffix '-th' is productively added to the cardinal numeral 'one thousand' to form the ordinal; this is a straightforward, learnable rule.

Etymology

One-thousandth is simply one + thousand with the ending -th, so it means 'one out of a thousand' or the '1000th' in order. Imagine cutting a cake into 1000 equal pieces, and one small piece is a one-thousandth, which shows why the word means one of a thousand equal parts.