Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to an unspecified ordinal number: ten to the nth power.
- adj. Highest; utmost: delighted to the nth degree.
Wiktionary
- adj. mathematics Occurring at position n in a sequence.
- adj. informal Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
- n. mathematics The item at position n in a sequence.
- n. informal The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- adj. last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
Etymologies
- n2, indefinite number + -th3. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“You note that twoth is used in mathematics and computing, and you mention the terms nth and zeroth.”
“It's just nice to see a a studio like Pixar taking real chances with the medium, risking failure to the "nth" degree to do so.”
“Also, I'll spare you all the "nth" rendition of my "I Hate All Second Term Presidencies, And Their Corollaries, Without Exception" rant, except to say that my views therein are, regrettably and deplorably, once again being validated.”
"The biggest question is how far can Democrats go in opposing this president?"
“He taught a generation of us Hill rats how to investigate anything down to the "nth" degree, but on the other hand, he was extraordinarily difficult to work for -- one aide, in fact, after I left his office, quit and sent a letter excoriating Luken to the entire Energy and Commerce Committee in the House.”
“And if you think he could take that ride without wishing to the "nth" degree that she could be with him to share the joy, then, I assure you, you don't know to what music those gay, twinkling, trembling gold leaves above the _Brulé_ were beating time all night to the whisper of the wind and rustle of the pixy parachutes sailing mid-air.”
“This jQuery plugin can be used to modify any CSS values of the 'nth' occurrence of siblings with the same class”
“Add (InvokeLispFunction ( "nth", New Object () {i, list}))”
“Modern professionalism demands both teams to have analysed each other to the 'nth' degree.”
“MP's cannot claim (from the public purse) no more than £20K housing benefit in any year for their first or second, 3rd, 'nth' residence?”
“Nobody understands the rule to the "nth" degree anyway - it seems like it's the most confounding rule on the planet.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nth’.
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
fiz, fix, fir, fig, fie, fib, eve, eke, egg, eek, ecu, ebb and 225 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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amberella's Words
facetious, behoove, akrasia, schadenfreude, halcyon, vapid, wanderlust, bluestocking, drazel, succinct, literati, geason and 116 more...
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polysyllabary
high dudgeon, plumb, scarify, scabrous, zero-sum game, grind, sesquipedaliophobia, scraffito, shekel, luthier, baffle, conflate and 80 more...
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Mathematical
Including Logic as well.
e, asymptote, phi, integral, derivative, fx(dx), tesseract, googol, googolplex, set, dodecahedron, zero and 48 more...
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Wtht Vwls.
nth, psst, shh, brr, hmm, umm, cwm, crwth, crypt, gypsy, hymn, lynx and 26 more...
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Disemvoweled
vlk, nth, psst, crwth, �?tvrthrst, tsk, hm, shh, cwm, pfft, vrh, prst and 4 more...
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vera's Words
veracious, set, rhythm, defenestrate, ninja, argyle, supercalifragilis..., tango, posse, idea, hobbit, sufficient and 80 more...
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digitaltempest's Words
provocation, dour, verizon, objective, caveat, diaspora, naked, sploosh, queen, goddess, odalisque, dementia and 78 more...
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nobody's Words
blubber, poodle, quack, smite, pummel, fuzzy, onomatopoeia, ipsedixitism, pwn, cwm, nth, fluffy and 85 more...
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