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Thousandth vs Millesimal - What's the difference?

thousandth | millesimal |

As adjectives the difference between thousandth and millesimal

is that thousandth is the ordinal form of the number one thousand while millesimal is thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts.

As a noun thousandth

is (singular only) the person or thing in the thousandth position.

thousandth

English

Adjective

(-)
  • The ordinal form of the number one thousand.

    • Abbreviations

    1000th, 1000th (also written with a comma following the 1 or, in technical usage, with a thin space following the 1 )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
  • One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
    • "Ah, Alan," murmured Dorian with a sigh, "I wish you had a thousandth part of the pity for me that I have for you."

    See also

    * one-thousandth

    millesimal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts
    • millesimal fractions
    (Webster 1913)