thousandth

/ˈθaʊzəndθ/
adjective
  1. Coming after the 999th in a sequence; the ordinal form of one thousand.
    • The thousandth page of the book contains the final chapter.
    • This is the thousandth customer to visit our store this month.
    • She finished in thousandth place in the marathon, but she was just happy to complete it.
noun
  1. One of one thousand equal parts of something; 1/1000.
    • He added only a thousandth of a teaspoon of salt to the recipe.
    • A millimeter is one thousandth of a meter.
    • The scale measures weight to the nearest thousandth of a gram.
  2. The person or thing in the thousandth position.
    • He was the thousandth in line for the concert.
    • The thousandth on the list was the last one accepted.
    • The thousandth to enter the park received a free ticket.
adverb
  1. In the thousandth place or position.
    • The team ranked thousandth out of all the schools in the competition.
    • He finished thousandth in the race, but he still set a personal record.
    • She came in thousandth in the voting, far behind the leaders.