millionth
English
| ← 1,000 | [a], [b] ← 100,000 | 1,000,000 (106) | 10,000,000 (107) → | 1,000,000,000 (109) → [a], [b], [c] |
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| Cardinal: million Ordinal: millionth Multiplier: millionfold Metric collective prefix: mega- Metric fractional prefix: micro- Number of years: millionennium, megannum, megayear | ||||
Etymology
From million + -th (ordinal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪljənθ/, /ˈmɪli.ənθ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪljənθ
Adjective
millionth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number one million.
Synonyms
- 1,000,000th, 1,000,000th (also written without commas, or, in technical usage with a thin space replacing each comma)
Translations
millionth
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Noun
millionth (plural millionths)
- The person or thing in the millionth position.
- One of a million equal parts of a whole. Term ppm (parts per million) is also used.
- 2012 February 16, David Spiegelhalter, “Microlives: A lesson in risk taking”, in BBC Future[1]:
- Or, to put it another way, every time that young man or woman watches their favourite soap opera, it equates to one millionth of their life gone.
Translations
person or thing in the millionth position
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one of a million equal parts of a whole
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