millionth

millionth

English

English numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000 [a], [b] ←  100,000 1,000,000 (106) 10,000,000 (107)  →  1,000,000,000 (109)  → [a], [b], [c]
    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)

    1. 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

    Noun

    millionth (plural millionths)

    1. The person or thing in the millionth position.
    2. 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.

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