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millionth, a. (n.)|ˈmɪljənθ|
Also 7–8 millioneth.
[f. million, on the analogy of hundredth.]
The ordinal number belonging to the cardinal million. millionth part, one of a million equal parts into which a whole is or may be divided. Also absol., attrib., and quasi-n.
1673Flamsteed in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 164 So that I find the earth is but the millionth part of the sun. 1684T. Burnet Th. Earth I. 312 'Tis not the millioneth part of the universe that is known to us. c1763Bayes in Phil. Trans. LIII. 410 There would be the odds of the millioneth power of 2 to one. 1838De Morgan Ess. Probab. 28 A millionth of certainty. a1853Robertson Lect. i. (1858) 14 It is but the millionth part of the injury which may arise from a bad law. 1876Catal. Sci. Apparatus S. Kens. Mus. (1877) 49 Millionth Measuring Machine. 1893Sir R. Ball Story of Sun 94 The millionth part of a second. |