THOUSANDTH


Meaning of THOUSANDTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ θaʊz(ə)nθ ]

( thousandths)

1.

The thousandth item in a series is the one that you count as number one thousand.

The magazine has just published its six thousandth edition.

ORD

If you say that something has happened for the thousandth time, you are emphasizing that it has happened again and that it has already happened a great many times.

The phone rings for the thousandth time.

ORD [ emphasis ]

2.

A thousandth is one of a thousand equal parts of something.

...a dust particle weighing only a thousandth of a gram.

FRACTION

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