The word
"millionth" means one part out of a whole divided into a million equal parts. It is used to describe something that is the smallest or most precise fraction or unit of a larger quantity.
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Since even the wavelength of infrared light is so small, a change of
millionths of an inch is enough to cause the peaks and troughs of light received by the mirrors to fail to line up.
This is about the 8
millionth time over the centuries that somebody has said the world is coming to an end, and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN WRONG, starting with Jesus's promise to return during the lifetime of his own disciples!
Achieving another milestone for Visit Maldives Year 2016, the destination proudly welcomed the one
millionth visitor of the year at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport earlier.
While GM's SAIC - GM - Wuling joint venture have been up and down as of late, with an 11.2 percent sales decrease in June, and an 8.2 percent increase in August, it has finally sold its 1
millionth vehicle in China.
«These types of natural gas and oil are in tiny, tiny pores that range from a
few millionths of a meter in diameter to a few thousandths of a meter,» Lee said.
The unique bottle, produced to celebrate Turner Contemporary's one
millionth visit in August 2013, is an expertly made 15 - litre Nebuchadnezzar of Chapel Down's trophy - winning Blanc de Blancs 2007 sparkling wine.
The first title in the franchise just recently celebrated its 4 -
millionth download, paving a nice path for the...
Waleed was recognized as the two
millionth person born in Gaza, a tiny enclave squeezed between Egypt, Israel, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Their tactic appears to have been successful — Wizard 101 got its 20
millionth user in 2011, two years and two months after the game was launched, while Free Realms took four months longer to hit the same milestone.
Edinburgh Airport in Scotland has said it expects to welcome its ten
millionth passenger of the year later.
A Satoshi is the smallest fraction of a bitcoin that can currently be sent: 0.00000001 BTC, that is, a hundred
millionth BTC.
Although the particle exists for
just millionths of a second, it is the size of a bowling ball.
Fifty Shades of Grey has crossed an important milestone recently, when it recorded its 100
millionth book sale back in February.
Ben also designed the magazine's exclusive «Celebrate» cover to mark the sale of the 200
millionth copy of The Big Issue in 2016 and has been a friend and supporter of the publication ever since.
Vauxhall celebrates Ellesmere's 5
millionth car by letting its most legendary employee thrash its classics
So here's another break from the illusions of The Matrix: Last year Kobo had a party to celebrate their one -
millionth customer.
Last week's record - breaking achievement comes shortly after PetSmart celebrated its seven
millionth pet adoption.
Since surpassing the one -
millionth case sales milestone in 2010, Jameson continues to sustain double - digit growth with no signs of slowing down.
While overall video game hardware sales are down this year, Sony has sold 70 million PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide since 2006 and announced the 70
millionth sale last month.
Since its inception in 1990, Rocky Mountaineer has grown to become the largest privately owned passenger rail service in North America and welcomed its one
millionth guest in 2008.
Apple sold its 300
millionth iPad in early 2016 in a market slowed largely by the rise of large phones, or phablets.
(Washington, DC) Capital Bikeshare launched a new membership option today in celebration of its 4
millionth trip taken, giving occasional riders the ability to purchase a key for quicker, on - the - go access to bikes at stations throughout the District, Arlington and Alexandria.
It is manufactured at Kia's production facility in Žilina, Slovakia, and remains one of the brand's best - selling models, with the one -
millionth example produced last month.
The past year saw our one -
millionth solar installation, as cities across the country made huge gains in solar capacity.
Eurostar's Chief Executive, Richard Brown commented: «It promises to be a cracking Bank Holiday weekend and by reaching the 100
millionth traveller milestone we have created a «Eurostar Generation» of people who have changed their lives because of our service.
One
Millionth Tower seamlessly blends video with Flickr photos, Google Street View and real - time weather data from Yahoo, and allows viewers to navigate the story in a 3 - D environment.
This translates into their computed velocitybeing a factor of 25
millionths faster than the speed of light.
Technology capable of sampling water systems to find indicators of fecal matter contamination that are thousandths and
even millionths of times smaller than those found by conventional methods is being developed by a team of researchers at Texas A&M University.
Find out more about the upcoming 23
millionth birthday of California sea lions and read the rest of Evaders amazing story below!
The quintessential go - anywhere, do - anything, vehicle, Land Rover is celebrating the production of its one -
millionth Land Rover Discovery.
The British based SUV manufacturer, Land Rover recently rolled out the 1
millionth Discovery from its Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing facility in Solihull, UK West Midlands.
350 parts
per millionth of anything is so diluted you can consider it non-existent.
Sometime this year, GM will build its 100
millionth small block at one of the engine's four assembly plants: St. Catherines, ON, Canada; Romulus, MI; Silao, Mexico; and the Performance Build Center in Wixom, MI, where high - output units are hand - built.
«Land Rover is very proud to support the Help for Heroes charity by donating the one
millionth Range Rover.
Founded in 1999 by an Israeli businessman and a professor of computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mobileye sold its 1
millionth driver assistance system last year.
This was the one
millionth patent application since the «New Act» Patent Act came into force in 1989.
And we were excited to celebrate our ten
millionth ride in January of this year,» said
GreenPalm, the sustainable palm oil certificate - trading programme, has announced the trade of its eleven
millionth certificates this month.
Licensed to hold just a single barrel, the warehouse is now home to special barrels as they age and has held each successive
millionth barrel produced by the Distillery.
Founded in 2004, The Diaper Bank recently distributed its 17
millionth diaper; a whopping 15 million of them have been distributed since the start of 2009.