thousandth

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/ See IPA manual

Freq #41813

Meanings

1

adj
the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order

A thousandth of a meter is a millimeter.
2

noun
one part in a thousand equal parts

A thousandth of a meter is a millimeter.
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

Describing Qualities

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