单词 | decillionth |
释义 | > as lemmasdeˈcillionth deˈcillionth n. and adj. chiefly Homeopathy (a) n. any of the decillion equal parts into which something may be divided; (b) adj. that is one of the decillion equal parts into which something may be divided; (also hyperbolically) infinitesimally small. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > division of power of a million centillionth1815 decillionth1830 octillionth1842 sextillionth1842 trillionth1848 quadrillionth1883 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > that is a very small part myriadth1824 decillionth1830 1830 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 517 The millionth part of a grain of many substances is an ordinary dose; but the reduction proceeds to the billionth, trillionth, nay to the decillionth, portion of a grain! 1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 95 Leave no decillionth fragment of your works. 1907 New Eng. Med. Gaz. Sept. 376 It was preposterous to think of the decillionth, millionth, or hundredth even, of a drop of medicine bringing about such gross changes! 2002 A. Malleson Whiplash & other Useful Illnesses iv. xxiii. 339 Hahnemann made drugs less material by diluting them. Homeopaths still do—often to one decillionth..of a single grain. < as lemmas |
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