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Thousandth
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (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.