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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thousandth  \Thou"sandth\,  n. 
  The  quotient  of  a  unit  divided  by  a  thousand;  one  of  a 
  thousand  equal  parts  into  which  a  unit  is  divided. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thousandth  \Thou"sandth\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thousandth 
  adj  :  the  ordinal  number  of  one  thousand  in  counting  order  [syn:  {1000th}] 
  n  1:  position  1,000  in  a  countable  series  of  things 
  2:  one  part  in  a  thousand  [syn:  {one-thousandth}] 




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