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

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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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