thousandth

A2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity
US /ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/
adj noun Freq #41813

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order

    A thousandth of a meter is a millimeter.

  2. 2
    noun

    one part in a thousand equal parts

    A thousandth of a meter is a millimeter.

  3. 3
    noun

    position 1,000 in a countable series of things

    A thousandth of a meter is a millimeter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · one part in a thousand... one-thousandth
Word family
Related forms four-thousandthone-thousandththree-thousandth

Etymology

From thousand + -th (suffix forming an ordinal number).

Topics

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