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Meaning of THOUSANDTH

Pronunciation:  'thawzundth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one part in a thousand
  2. [n]  position 1,000 in a countable series of things
  3. [adj]  the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order
 
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 Synonyms: 1000th, one-thousandth, ordinal
 
 See Also: common fraction, rank, simple fraction

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Thou"sandth\, a.
    1. Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming
       last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the
       ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.
    2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into
       which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
    3. Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very
       great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically;
       as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.
    
  2. \Thou"sandth\, n.
    The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a
    thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
    
 

 

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