one thousandth

/wʌn ˈθaʊzənθ/
noun
  1. One of one thousand equal parts of a whole; the fraction 1/1000.
    • The scale can measure down to one-thousandth of a gram.
    • A millimeter is one-thousandth of a meter.
    • Only one-thousandth of the population was affected by the rare disease.
Synonyms
adjective
  1. Being one of one thousand equal parts of something.
    • The machine requires a one-thousandth tolerance for precision.
    • The one-thousandth edition of the book was signed by the author.
    • They celebrated the one-thousandth customer with a special prize.
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