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ONE-BILLIONTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one-billionth mean?
• ONE-BILLIONTH (noun)
The noun ONE-BILLIONTH has 1 sense:
1. one part in a billion equal parts
Familiarity information: ONE-BILLIONTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One part in a billion equal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
billionth; one-billionth
Hypernyms ("one-billionth" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Context examples
A unit of spatial measurement that equals one-billionth (10 [SUP]-9[/SUP]) of a meter.
(Nanometer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A unit prefix indicating a quantity of 10E-9 or one one-billionth.
(Nano, NCI Thesaurus)
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