millesimal

millesimal
millesimally, adv.
/mi les"euh meuhl/, adj.
1. thousandth.
n.
2. a thousandth part.
[1710-20; < L millesim(us) thousandth (mille thousand + -esimus ordinal suffix) + -AL1]

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