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Oth vs Nth - What's the difference?

oth | nth |

As nouns the difference between oth and nth

is that oth is while nth is (mathematics) the item at position n in a sequence.

As an adjective nth is

(mathematics) occurring at position n in a sequence.

oth

English

Noun

(en noun)
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    • , passage=They bring them wines of Greece and Araby,[*] And daintie spices fetcht from furthest Ynd,[*] To kindle heat of corage privily: And in the wine a solemne oth they bynd 35 T' observe the sacred lawes of armes, that are assynd. }}

    nth

    English

    Alternative forms

    * n th * Sometimes written as n'th' or ' n-th

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Occurring at position n in a sequence.
  • (informal) Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.

    • Quotations

    * 1922 — , Prelude *: Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to be from the ranks of children under twelve, adults over seventy-two or the mentally defective.

    Synonyms

    * (informal): umpteenth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) The item at position n in a sequence.
  • (informal) The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.

    • Quotations

    * 1909 — *: This is, after all, not strange, for none of them had either knowledge or experience in Occult matters, whereas for over thirty years I have made a special study of this subject, and have gone to and fro over the earth investigating to the nth all records of Spiritual Phenomena.