thousandth
Etymology

From thousand + -th.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈθaʊzəndtθ/, IPA: /ˈθaʊzəntθ/, IPA: /ˈθaʊzəndð/, IPA: /ˈθaʊzənθ/, IPA: /ˈθaʊzənð/
Adjective

thousandth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
Translations Noun

thousandth (plural thousandths)

  1. (singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
  2. One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
    • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC ↗, page 256 ↗:
      “Ah, Alan,” murmured Dorian, with a sigh, “I wish you had a thousandth part of the pity for me that I have for you.”
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