ten thousandth
/tɛn ˈθaʊzənθ/
noun
- One of 10,000 equal parts of something; a fraction equal to 1/10,000.
- The scale is so precise it can detect a ten-thousandth of a gram.
- Only a ten-thousandth of the population carries that rare genetic trait.
- The machine can measure changes as small as a ten-thousandth of an inch.
- The person or thing in the 10,000th position.
- He was the ten-thousandth to sign the petition.
- The ten-thousandth visitor to the museum received a free membership.
- The ten-thousandth car off the assembly line was painted gold.
adjective
- Being the ordinal number for 10,000 in a sequence; coming after the 9,999th.
- The ten-thousandth page of the encyclopedia was filled with information about zebras.
- He finished in ten-thousandth place in the online game tournament.
- She was the ten-thousandth customer to enter the store, so she won a prize.