one thousandth
/wʌn ˈθaʊzənθ/
noun
- 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
- 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.