Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ordinal number matching the number million in a series.
- noun One of a million equal parts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ten hundred thousandth; being one of a million.
- noun One of a million parts; the quotient of unity divided by a million; a ten hundred thousandth part.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being the last one of a million of units or objects counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession; being one of a million.
- noun The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a million equal parts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective The ordinal form of the number
one million . - noun The person or thing in the millionth position.
- noun One of a million equal parts of a whole. Term
ppm (parts per million) is also used.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the ordinal number of one million in counting order
- noun position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things
- noun one part in a million equal parts
Etymologies
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Examples
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Free radicals are very difficult to study due to their short life-times - measured in millionth's of a second.
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And even at millionth, which is the mention number we've reached.
Vh1 Blog 2009
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Photos: TF Hammerhead celebrates two 'millionth' gallon pumped
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This year, PSI will deliver its 120 millionth mosquito net, and we are set to distribute an additional nine million nets in a campaign planned for the Democratic Republic of Congo later this year.
Karl Hofmann: World Malaria Day: Our Work Is Not Over Karl Hofmann 2011
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This year, PSI will deliver its 120 millionth mosquito net, and we are set to distribute an additional nine million nets in a campaign planned for the Democratic Republic of Congo later this year.
Karl Hofmann: World Malaria Day: Our Work Is Not Over Karl Hofmann 2011
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Political bloggers need to do better than just parroting their party talking points or being the millionth person to pontificate on something that is going to be moot anyway .... but I guess it did say “partisan” bloggers ...
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I always mean to be rude to these people but Jehovah's Witnesses always seem to have a good looking young lady in their team and lust kicks in so you end up talking politely about evolution for the millionth time.
What to do with missionaries AYDIN 2009
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This year, PSI will deliver its 120 millionth mosquito net, and we are set to distribute an additional nine million nets in a campaign planned for the Democratic Republic of Congo later this year.
Karl Hofmann: World Malaria Day: Our Work Is Not Over Karl Hofmann 2011
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As you remember, last week when we discussedBored to Death with Ted Danson, I waxed on (for probably the millionth time) about my love ofCheers.
Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'The Good Wife': Who knew we needed another legal show? | EW.com 2009
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This year, PSI will deliver its 120 millionth mosquito net, and we are set to distribute an additional nine million nets in a campaign planned for the Democratic Republic of Congo later this year.
Karl Hofmann: World Malaria Day: Our Work Is Not Over Karl Hofmann 2011
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