THOUSAND-FOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thousand-fold mean? 

• THOUSAND-FOLD (adverb)
  The adverb THOUSAND-FOLD has 1 sense:

1. by three orders of magnitude

  Familiarity information: THOUSAND-FOLD used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THOUSAND-FOLD (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By three orders of magnitude

Synonyms:

thousand-fold; thousand times

Context example:

this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic

 Context examples 

"Think of what his income affords him. His early denials are paid for a thousand-fold."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

One thousand-fold more potent than its parent compound irinotecan, 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-camptothecin inhibits topoisomerase I activity by stabilizing the cleavable complex of topoisomerase I and DNA, resulting in DNA breaks that inhibit DNA replication and trigger apoptosis.

(Pegylated Irinotecan, NCI Thesaurus)

One thousand-fold more potent than its parent compound irinotecan, SN-38 inhibits topoisomerase I activity by stabilizing the cleavable complex between topoisomerase I and DNA, resulting in DNA breaks that inhibit DNA replication and trigger apoptotic cell death.

(Irinotecan, NCI Thesaurus)