thousandth
/ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/ adjective, noun
Forms thousandths 1000th
- adjective The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
- noun (singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
- noun One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms
Etymology
From thousand + -th (suffix forming an ordinal number).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective 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.
- adjective Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
- noun The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “thousandth”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details