thousandth

USTHOW-zuhnth/ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/

3 meanings of thousandth

1
adjective
Holding the final position in a series of one thousand; coming next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
The author signed the thousandth copy of her novel at the launch event.
Their thousandth match as a team ended in a narrow victory.
2
nouncountable
One part out of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
A milligram amounts to one thousandth of a gram.
The gap between the surfaces was measured in thousandths of an inch.
3
nouncountable
The person or thing occupying position number one thousand in an ordered sequence.
As the thousandth to cross the finish line, he earned a commemorative medal.
The library gave a gift to the thousandth visitor of the year.

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Formed from "thousand" combined with the suffix "-th," which creates ordinal numbers.