millionth

USMIL-yuhnth/ˈmɪljənθ/

Noun pluralmillionths

3 meanings of millionth

1
adjective
Coming last in a row of one million things, right after the 999,999th.
Like being the very last person to arrive in a line of one million people.
The store gave a free gift to its millionth customer.
We were so happy when our video hit its millionth view.
2
nouncountable
One part out of a million equal parts of something.
Like cutting a cake into a million tiny pieces and taking just one.
A millionth of a second is far too short for anyone to notice.
Even a millionth of that huge prize would still be a lot of money.
3
nouncountable
The person or thing that comes at position number one million.
Like being the very last one to arrive when exactly a million people show up.
She was the millionth to sign up, so the company sent her a prize.
He became the millionth to cross the finish line at the race that year.

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Origin

From the word "million" plus "-th", the ending used to make ordinal numbers.