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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#m1)

2) One of a thousand equal parts of something: 1/1000 or 0.001. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#x1)
- In 3.125, the digit 5 is in the thousandths place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#x2)
- She won the race by a thousandth of a second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#x3)
- Tidy your room — I'm telling you for the thousandth time! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#x4)
- The shop gave a prize to its thousandth customer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#x5)
- Write three thousandths as a decimal: 0.003. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.559/)
- [and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.171/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thousandth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousandth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.