# millionth

Pronunciation: US say "MIL-yuhnth" /ˈmɪljənθ/; UK

## Adjective

1. Occupying the position numbered one million in a sequence or counting order.
   - Simple: Coming last in a row of one million things, right after the 999,999th.
   - _The city welcomed its millionth visitor of the year on Tuesday morning._
   - _Engineers paused the line to inspect the millionth unit for defects._

## Noun

2. One of a million equal parts into which a whole is divided.
   - Simple: One part out of a million equal parts of something.
   - _The sensor can detect a millionth of a gram of the toxin._
   - _Pollutants were present at only a few millionths of the water's volume._
3. Whoever or whatever occupies the position numbered one million in a series.
   - Simple: The person or thing that comes at position number one million.
   - _The millionth through the gates received free tickets for life._
   - _Being the millionth to download the app earned her a special badge._

## Origin

Formed from "million" combined with the ordinal suffix "-th".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/millionth (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).