thousandth

«thousandth» in Mova's school dictionary: Coming last in a line of a thousand, number 1000 in order… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (thousandth); noun (a thousandth, thousandths)

meaning for a pupil

1) Coming last in a line of a thousand, number 1000 in order (1000th). tree →

2) One of a thousand equal parts of something: 1/1000 or 0.001. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, decimal place value: the third digit after the decimal point is the thousandths place (in 4.256, the 6 means six thousandths). A millimetre is a thousandth of a metre; a millilitre is a thousandth of a litre. Everyday: «for the thousandth time» means «again and again». Phrases: «a thousandth of a second», «thousandths place», «for the thousandth time».

examples

• A millimetre is one thousandth of a metre. tree →
• In 3.125, the digit 5 is in the thousandths place. tree →
• She won the race by a thousandth of a second. tree →
• Tidy your room — I'm telling you for the thousandth time! tree →
• The shop gave a prize to its thousandth customer. tree →
• Write three thousandths as a decimal: 0.003. tree →

note

Spelling: thousand + th (thousandth). Maths: 1/1000 = 0.001; tenths (0.1), hundredths (0.01), thousandths (0.001). Trap: «thousandths» (parts) vs «thousands» (place value to the left). «For the thousandth time» is an exaggeration, not an exact count.

In the corpora

• and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
• and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thousandth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.