thousandth
Etymology Pronunciation Adjective
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Etymology Pronunciation Adjective
thousandth (not comparable)
- The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
- French: millième
- German: tausendste
- Italian: millesimo
- Portuguese: milésimo
- Russian: ты́сячный
- Spanish: milésimo
thousandth (plural thousandths)
- (singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
- 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.”
- French: millième
- German: Tausendste
- Italian: millesimo, millesima
- Portuguese: milésimo, milésima
- Russian: ты́сячный
- Spanish: milésimo, milésima
- French: millième
- German: Tausendstel
- Italian: millesimo
- Portuguese: milésimo
- Russian: одна тысячная
- Spanish: milésimo
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