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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thousandth \Thou"sandth\, noun The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thousandth \Thou"sandth\, adjective
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thousandth
adjective: the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order [syn: {1000th}]
noun
1: position 1,000 in a countable series of things
2: one part in a thousand [syn: {one-thousandth}]
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