ONE-THOUSANDTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-thousandth mean? 

• ONE-THOUSANDTH (noun)
  The noun ONE-THOUSANDTH has 1 sense:

1. one part in a thousand equal parts

  Familiarity information: ONE-THOUSANDTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE-THOUSANDTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One part in a thousand equal parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

one-thousandth; thousandth

Hypernyms ("one-thousandth" is a kind of...):

common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)

 Context examples 

A dose calculation unit equal to one-thousandth (10E-3) of an arbitrary unit of biological activity (International Unit) of substance per square meter of body surface area.

(Milliinternational Unit per Square Meter, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit equal to one-thousandth of an international unit.

(Milliinternational Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of linear measurement equal to one-thousandth of an inch.

(Milli-Inch, NCI Thesaurus)

A prefix indicating a quantity of one one-thousandth, 10E-3.

(Milli, NCI Thesaurus)

Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to the results of a new study.

(Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species, NSF)