millesimal

A scientist carefully measures a millesimal quantity of liquid.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or consisting of thousandth parts: "millesimal" describes something that is divided into or expressed in thousandths, or pertains to a thousandth part.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The millesimal scale on the ruler allows for precise measurements. (The scale marked in thousandths enables accurate readings.)
  • In chemistry, a millesimal concentration indicates one part per thousand. (A concentration expressed in thousandths of a substance.)

Advanced Usage

• "millesimal fineness": a standard for measuring the purity of precious metals, expressed in parts per thousand.
  • The gold bar has a millesimal fineness of 999. (The bar is 999 parts pure gold per thousand parts total.)
• "millesimal notation": a system of writing numbers using thousandths as the base unit.
  • In millesimal notation, 0.001 is written as 1/1000. (The decimal representation uses thousandths.)

Variants and Related Words

• Millesimally (adverb): in a manner involving thousandths.
  • The solution was diluted millesimally. (The dilution was done in thousandth parts.)
• Millesimality (noun, rare): the quality or state of being expressed in thousandths.
  • The millesimality of the measurement ensures high precision. (The property of being divided into thousandths.)

Synonyms

• Thousandth: relating to one part in a thousand.
• Decimal: expressed in tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc. (though broader in scope).

Phrasal Verbs

• None directly associated with "millesimal" as it is a technical adjective.

Related Idioms

• None commonly used with "millesimal" in idiomatic expressions.