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billionth

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bil·lionth  (blynth)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number one billion in a series.
2. One of a billion equal parts.

billionth adj. & adv.
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Noun1.billionth - position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
2.billionth - one part in a billion equal parts
common fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers
Adj.1.billionth - the ordinal number of one billion in counting order
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Translations
billionth
adjmilliardste(r, s); (dated Brit) → billionste(r, s)
nMilliardstel nt; (dated Brit) → Billionstel nt


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"No," replied Barbicane, "because the terrestrial atmosphere absorbs four-tenths of the solar heat; besides, the quantity of heat intercepted by the earth is but a billionth part of the entire radiation.
 
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